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Simple Truth
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Monday, January 15, 2018 Rated "G" by the Author.

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Haiku
Grief is the price of Love. Life and death agreed on this Eternal bargain.

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Reviews of "Simple Truth"

Reviewed by Alexander Goldstein

Reviewed on January 19, 2018

love never expresses itself
until grief occurs. . .
life or death to be blamed for that,
how to know.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on January 19, 2018

Beautiful haiku, you do this quite well...-e-

Reviewed by John Herlihy

Reviewed on January 16, 2018

Haikus can be tricky. This one resonates with a gong. Suggestion: drop the word "is" in the first line. Haikus don't need formal grammar and the line works well without it and conforms then to the restrictions of the 5-beat meter.

Reviewed by E Phillips

Reviewed on January 16, 2018

You had me at "Gr..."

Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on January 15, 2018

Enough said...Well done.com!

Reviewed by Michael Schafer

Reviewed on January 15, 2018

Short and bittersweet.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on January 15, 2018

I do like haiku, but I'll concede that this brief phrasing is eternally true.

Ron

Reviewed by Budd Nelson

Reviewed on January 15, 2018

it is so

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