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pier creaking   my shadow                           on shallows   draws a school of sunfish

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one bed                         the invisible line drawn                         between two kids

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original haiga copyright Debra Woolard Bender 2002

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with a brush                         and what urgency                         this black ink                         becomes the taut skin                         of a ripe nectarine

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winter ended   brought back to life                              by sounds   of a hidden stream

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original haiga copyright Debra Woolard Bender 2002

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roses, roses!                             some perfumed                             some white

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abandoned groves                         oranges the color                         of lemons

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original haiga copyright Debra Woolard Bender 2002

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white bird, south                                     just beyond the reach                                                      of its name

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year's end                         lost in the cat eyes                         midnight

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original haiga copyright Debra Woolard Bender 2002

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goodnight stars                                  when I close my eyes                          you are in them

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original haiga copyright Debra Woolard Bender 2002

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winter oranges                         moonlight collecting                         in my basket

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f i n i s ___________________________________________________________________

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Debra Woolard Bender ______________________________________________   (Debi) is an artist/poet who has lived in Florida since 1989, the mother of two and grandmother of four. She grew up in an  Air Force family, the eldest of 5 children. She felt she was an artist, at least from her preschool years and is primarily self-taught. She began  writing poetry in about 1965 during high school, and submitted works to  small presses and magazines for publication through the 1970's. Finding  haiku on the internet in 1999 her interest was renewed, and since that  time she has focused her poetry on Asian genres, often combining poetry  and art. Debi also enjoys experimenting and exploring in multi-genre work  and linking poetry. She is the Development Director of the World Haiku Club http://www.worldhaikuclub.org and Editor-in-Chief of its magazine, the World Haiku Review http://www.worldhaikureview.org . Her personal  website with resource library is Paper Lanterns, http://www.paperlanterns.net

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thank you Debra for sharing your poems & haiga __________________________________________________________________     if you have enjoyed the selection of Debra's poetry presented in this fifth feature of profiles in stillness on dew-on-line, you may be pleased to know that you will be able to read more of this versatile poet's work in still 4 four and still 5 three. none of the work featured in this section has appeared in still. these editions of still are available from back editions on still's website

all featured poems copyright Debra Woolard Bender 2002