cat stretched
on the quilt -
one patch of sunlight
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3 comments:
John! The quintessential haiku. Thank you for the lovely vision.
I really like this. The third line is tempting to go in the first line, but I know because of its length it would look top heavy.
Maybe a two liner? ;-)
one patch of sunlight
the cat stretches on the quilt
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enigmatic luxuriating feline - but don't be fooled -
he's thinking about the night
nice one John
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