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Haiku from Iroh's point of view in response to lucawindmover's Uncle Iroh Poetry Challenge:
http : / forum . fanfiction . net / topic / 94759/45953718/1/


Dragon of the West:
Slayer of leviathans,
lying with the best.

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Springtime orchids pale
next to the white moon flower...
Rare bloom, gone too soon.

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Red, orange, and gold
lick the guilt from seasoned hands.
Life and death at once.

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Vision of triumph.
Broken heart instead of wall.
Charlatan spirits.

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Unclaimed sword rests now,
gathering dust on the shelf.
A candle is lit.

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Clinging on the waves
of a dark and foreign sea...
Leaves in a teacup.

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Wisteria grows
over stone and frail gliders—
anchored in old soot.

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Warm scent of lilies.
How they must be blooming in
my garden back home.

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The Pai Sho tile
slips from hiding in my sleeve...
Eight petals falling.

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Every new failure
lets us practice being brave.
Plum blooming in snow.


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