| Marie Bortolotto 2016 
 
 Sunlit afternoon -
 shadows on the rug
 beneath my bare feet
 
 - Haiku by Marie Bortolotto
 
 Our life here on earth:
 to what shall we compare it?
 It is not like a rowboat
 departing at daybreak,
 leaving no trace of us in its wake?
 
 Takaha Shugyo, Haiku Poet, Translated by Michael R. Burch
 
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