whence a smile melts tears
whence a smile melts tears
how elusive is the source
where tears meet laughter
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[haiku-ukiah is a ‘mirror-poem’ which offers two ways of attaching thought to image – a difficult verse-form to work with, but ‘Japanese’ in mood]
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