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5 April 2005: Here's a third poem by Cummings, a near-perfect haiku, except that it's three or four syllables more than seventeen:


& sun &

sil 
e
nce 
e

very

w 
here 
noon
e

is exc

ep 
t 
on 
t

his

b 
oul 
der 
a

drea(chipmunk)ming

Note that it is a dreaming that is on the boulder, not a chipmunk (except secondarily, if you want to be picky).

 

























  






























  






















 




 








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