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James A. Emanuel

Once Ugly Duckling,
rich plumage grew.      Poised,         Bird flew.
Flocks followed.           Me too.

Translated by Jean Migrenne

© 1991 James A. Emanuel. All rights reserved.
From Jazz From the Haiku King | Broadside Press, 1999
Reprinted by permission of the author.

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