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    1. Thank you, Mr. van Nouhuys, for your praise and interesting comment. I have never heard of
      salt licks being tended.. perhaps on a wildlife reserve?

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    Brilliant!

    rain puddling
    in the hollow of a salt lick
    the cow’s rough tongue

    —JOYCE JOSLIN LORENSON

    The closet to this subject on 'animals' obtaining minerals is this one which I judged for the World Monuments Haiku Contest of 2013:

    near the Wailing Wall
    butterflies drinking salt
    from the mud

    Third Prize: Mike Blottenberger
    Site: Wailing Wall

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    At first I read 'rain pudding' which was wonderfully evocative, and then realised it was the more concrete 'rain puddling' which made me realise the links between the two words. :-)

    Wonderfully written haiku, of a very high quality.

    warm regards,

    Alan

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