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Forest of life by Victor P. Gendrano In the all-familiar forest where I used to roam and play one by one the trees are felled ravaged by disease or old age some have decayed, food for the soil, others have produced young shoots. Published in World Haiku Review, Vol. 3, Issue 1, March 2003 Sijo archives Haiku/Senryu Tanka Haiga Non-haiku poems Copyright © 2003 Victor P. Gendrano. All rights reserved. Uploaded 8 April 2004 Sijo Webring [ Join Now | Ring Hub | Random | << Prev | Next >> ] The Haiku Gallery [ Join Now | Ring Hub | Random | << Prev | Next >> ]