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Haikus for the Gingko

Posted on December 2, 2022December 4, 2023 by Suraj Singareddy

By Suraj Singareddy ’25

Managing Editor

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     Yellow petal lake 

Blossoming, dissipate

     Waves from rippled trunk

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     Ground changing colors

As the branches become bare

     Switch heaven and earth

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     Matted paper stained

Split grass bleeding onto it

     Bits of heart parchment

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     All too different

Pushing time onto — grazed blank

     Can it be captured

*****

     Branches sprout sculptures

Fingers arcing out into sky

     Reaching beacon point

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     Black boots silhouette 

Against lighted yellow ground

     Pressing down unto

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