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hospital form
for religion
I put Haiku

Mann Library Daily Haiku by Don Baird 2-21-26

22 Sunday Feb 2026

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each rose the wind leaves behind

-Don Baird

a wrap by tom clausen

22 Sunday Feb 2026

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left behind
by the thaw
dirty snow

Mann Library Daily Haiku by Don Baird 2-20-26

21 Saturday Feb 2026

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flowers and things
memories of my father
with his camera

-Don Baird

one leaf by tom clausen

21 Saturday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, winter

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how ironic
coming to love
this life and world
and at the same time
letting it all go …

Mann Library Daily Haiku by Don Baird 2-19-26

19 Thursday Feb 2026

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child’s play
the last of the olives
on his fingers

-Don Baird

micro by tom clausen

19 Thursday Feb 2026

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lichen
what could we do
better

Mann Library Daily Haiku by Don Baird 2-18-26

19 Thursday Feb 2026

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windblown
the spider hangs on
by a thread

-Don Baird

drip dropping by tom clausen

19 Thursday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Dim Sum, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, trees, winter

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raindrop
a world within
this world

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a horse
in the rain
no mind

Mann Library Daily Haiku by Don Baird 2-17-26

18 Wednesday Feb 2026

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backpack
the silly thought
of permanence

-Don Baird

before us by tom clausen

18 Wednesday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, gorges, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, sun

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ancient seas
the lives here
before us

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