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Fence Row, Haiku by Martha Kaempfe

Feathered grasses wave 
as wild carrot umbrels nod, 
bottle brush swaying.

Dry milkweed pods splay 
into rigid, crooked stars, 
open and empty.

Scrub sumac and elm, 
blackcap brambles in round hoops, 
and graceful grapevines.

Martha Kaempfe, Spring Green