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  1. hello Peter,

    This is pointless since your haiku is now
    published: using word such as “only,”
    within a haiku is a pretty tall order. I
    did enjoy the thought though. Thanks.

  2. Is this some kind of pun on movie stars?
    It seems they lack common sense but they do have fur coats and thick skins.

  3. i love the stars. and i can feel the chill… there is a childlike quality in the visual seen which i like a lot…

  4. The chill of your haiku envelopes me on this cold February night.

    Below freezing
    tonight, the stars
    wait for spring

  5. Certain views from a window, skylight or crack in the barn wood might show only stars, so what is wrong with the use of “only”? I like Peter”s hiaku “as is”!

  6. Below freezing makes sense because I know of places where it is so far below freezing nobody would want to be out. Colder yet without the moon. The stars at least point to a brighter side.

  7. gerund-ing

    “below freezing, once more
    the lake crossing
    stopping to look for a falling star
    even through the blizzard–
    heart’s warming
    a longing for valentine’s day
    seeing fogged breath rising and falling
    long past bed time…
    let alone a dinner bell
    borne on the howling winds
    the old setter snores
    one more step
    the top of the distant shore
    moon shining in this recent puddle-“

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