So, Robert, could we hear some haiku from your own poetry collection, Old World, because you are a crafter of the haiku as well as an archivist.

Sure.

This book contains quite a lot of haiku, and some of them are a wee bit mischievous in what they do.

One lot translates Old English riddles into haiku.

This translates a few poems from ancient Greek, from the Greek anthology.

As a deep pink rose, I feel your hand pulling me between your warm breasts.

This perfume is yours, not as a gift, but because you perfume perfume.

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