as the sun fades

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Two versions of the same haiku to offer — the first updated to the “proper” season at least where I live and the second the original version out of the Haiku Book for Mom:

as the sun fades
on this cool autumn eve
crickets tune their strings

and, v1 from Mom’s Haiku Book:

as the sun falters
this dry summer eve
crickets tune their strings

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