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empty platform
ivy clings to the face
of the station clock

Moonset Competition 2007 – Honourable Mention

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  1. Area 179 October 2007 at 16:10

    Congratulations!

    I love station clocks, and railway haiku in general. It would be great to see a railway haiku anthology, maybe Sir John Betjeman has a found haiku? ;-)
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  2. Gabi Greve25 November 2007 at 04:57

    Maybe we can start a railway haiku collection ?

    The World Kigo Database at your service ... grin ...


    I just started one for haiku with numbers, so why not another one ? grin again

    http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/11/numbers-used-in-haiku.html

    GABI

    .　World Kigo Database .

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  3. Gabi Greve25 November 2007 at 22:25

    Here you are now,

    RAILWAY HAIKU


    Please tell your friends about it and add more to the BLOG.

    GABI

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