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Any lawyer(opp think they superior now)say opp will never be equal to upper class family in Netflix ATLA, Marvel, DC, White Lotus, Fallout, Andor(Star Wars)One Piece?
Lawyer(inEnglish):May I quote from your favorite quote?You'd like believe you're their equals.But truth is you're not&never will be
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
River at high water,
gentle flap of sails
– evening light.

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Evening Light
Leaf 276 – Looking Back   Claude Monet - Fishing Boats Calm Sea (1868) For a number of years, I lived in London’s Limehouse. I used to l...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Making a clean sweep
a couple of swifts –
scything the sky.

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(from a renku [of 20 haiku + 1 tanka] for the suburban ornithologist) 🐦
Making A Day Of It
Leaf 274 – Looking Back   Ronald Lampitt - August (1958) I have always loved watching birds. This linked verse poem (of twenty haiku, an...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Can This Love Be Translated? Is both an impossible story and lovely (at least the opening episodes)

It's good to see Kim Seon-ho in a leading romantic role. I haven't seen Go Youn-jung in something in a couple years (Alchemy of Souls).

2 strangers shoved together by some unique circumstances.
January 16, 2026 at 5:40 PM
What? Any chance you could say that inEnglish?
January 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Petrified –
the unblinking stare
of bone turned to stone.

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Petrified
Leaf 272 – Reflections   Fossils have always fascinated me, ever since I was very young. This poem recalls all those many dinosaur-obses...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Watching a warbler
watching me –
eyes flit silently,
short hops jumping
from bush to bush.

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Watching a Warbler
Leaf 271 – Looking Back   This poem was actually prompted by seeing a firecrest, rather than a warbler. I saw it startlingly close-up, f...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Parched yellow leaves –
a row of pot plants
stuck in the office.

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Pot Plants
Leaf 270 – Reflections   Paul Cezanne - Plant Pots (1887) Musée d'Orsay Anyone who has worked in an office, particularly in summertime, ...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Out to pasture –
cows huddled under trees
at the far end of the field.

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Far End of the Field
Leaf 266 – Homeward Bound   C.F. Tunnicliffe - Cows in Shade (What to Look for in Summer, 1960) A memory of summer days, walking down Wa...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Freshly turned
earth-enriched air –
following the furrows.

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Freshly Turned
Leaf 265 – Art Inspired   Dorothea Lange - Tractored Out, Childress County, Texas (1938) This is another #artinspired poem originally p...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Walking in the wood,
cool earth beneath
my bare feet.

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A Walk in the Woods
Leaf 263 – Reflections   Alexandra Buckle - Summer Tree Glow (2019) Nature has a special way of awakening all the senses.     Walk...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Arcing into Bank –
with ear-shrilling echoes
the Underground sings.

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London Underground
Leaf 262 – Looking Back   Robert Ayton - London Underground (1961) This is a poem which should be all too familiar for anyone who has ev...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:28 AM
NEW YEAR

Scent of pine needles
brushed from
the carpet.

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New Year
Leaf 258 – Looking Back / Looking Forward   S.R. Badmin - Evening Snow When all things begin anew …     NEW YEAR   Scent of pine n...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Midnight –
a half moon,
the change between years.

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Half Moon
Leaf 257 – Looking Back / Looking Forward   Hajime Namiki - Tree Branches and Stars at Night (1947) For auld lang synge …     Midn...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Weeping willow –
trailing sad fingertips
in the river’s endless flow.

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Weeping Willow
Leaf 256 – Reflections   Sutō Kazuyuki - Kaze (2014) I can think of many times, when I’ve seen this view both in England and abroad. And...
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December 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM