Thanks a lot, Zhanna.
I will quote this list in my open haiku forum and then choose three for
the database and quote the rest, so they can all be read by frog haiku
fans. They are all lovely!

Greetings from a frog lover !
Gabi in Japan
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> Hi, Gabi,
>
> Perhaps, you can choose some of my frog haiku for your kigo database?
>
> Best wishes,
> Zhanna
>
>
> 1.
>
> The frog who croaked
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> silent now
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> in the heron's beak
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>
>
> 2.
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> Tree frogs and cicadas,
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> in this noise how can you hear
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> your kin?
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>
>
> 3.
>
> Spring again -
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> the tree frogs calling
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> even in my dream
>
>
>
> 4
>
> Frog nests in the oak -
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> hatching tadpoles
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> drop into the pond
>
>
>
> 5.
>
> Cypress swamp -
>
> a cowbell-frog's "quank-quank-quank"
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> ringing through the mist
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>
>
> 6.
>
> Darkened ditch -
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> the harsh "rraak, rraak, rraak"
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> of a squirrel tree frog
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>
>
> 7.
>
> Bush-fringed pond:
>
> every two seconds, melodic trills
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> of a gray tree frog
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>
>
> 8.
>
> Pacific tree frogs -
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> their "krreck-ek, krr-eck"
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> pulsates through my body
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>
>
> 9.
>
> Pacific tree frogs -
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> the freeway traffic hum
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> drowns in their chorus
>
>
>
> 10.
>
> Pinewood tree frogs
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> tapping out a telegraph:
>
> "dik-dik-dikadik..."
>
>
>
> or
>
>
>
> Pinewood tree frogs
>
> tapping like a telegraph:
>
> "dik-dik-dikadika..."
>
>
>
> /11./
>
> /Through my dreams --///
>
> /is it spring-peeper frogs///
>
> /or sleigh bells?* */
>
>
>
> 12.
>
> Carpenter frogs
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> hammering nails out of synch:
>
> "cu-tuck, cu-tuck, cu-tuck..."
>
>
>
> 13.
>
> *Green frog marsh --*
>
> *the sound of loose banjo strings*
>
> *being plucked *
>
>
>
> 14.
>
> Rotting tree debris -
>
> the loud "goonk!- gunk!-gunk!"
>
> of a green frog
>
>
>
> 15.
>
> Humid night -
>
> counting a pig frog's
>
> grunts
>
>
>
> 16.
>
> Male tree-frog call -
>
> a female parachutes
>
> to the forest floor
>
>
>
> 17.
>
> The postman
>
> opens a mailbox -
>
> eight frog couples inside
>
>
>
> 18.
>
> A frog
>
> crossing the road -
>
> five-car* **pileup *
>
> * *
>
> 19.
>
> A butterfly
>
> ceasing to fit its name
>
> in the frog's mouth
>
>
>
> 20.
>
> First violets -
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> the pond becomes
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> frog and egg soup
>
>
>
> 21.
>
> Spring in the village-
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> fried frog legs with garlic
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> on the table
>
>
>
> 22.
>
> Roth's tree frog
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> laughing again -
>
> spring is here!
>
>
>
> 23.
>
> A frog jumps in -
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> splash-tears drip from the eyes
>
> of the stone pool frog
>
>
>
> 24.
>
> At my pond garden
>
> slugs, woodlice, caterpillars -
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> buying more frogs
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