A nagging thought . . . (haiku)

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sleet storm –

a nagging thought

just won’t let go

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Published in Blithe Spirit, 31.1 2021

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Bleakness . . . (haiku)

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bleakness  –

the lingering taste

of a bad dream

Blithe Spirit, 31.1 2021

Rough edges … (tanka)

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rough edges worn down
on well-trodden paths,
each cobblestone
a reminder of how far
we’ve travelled

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Published in Eucalypt 29, Winter 2020

Whirlwinds (tanka)

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Redlights, Volume 17, No. 1, January 2021

 

 

Photography by Autumn Mott Rodeheaver

 

whirlwinds of scarlet
and ochre leaves
flit across the square –
days of self-isolation spent
learning to slow down

 

 

 

a red-bellied woodpecker (tanka)

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Redlights, Volume 17, No. 1, January 2021

 

 

a red-bellied woodpecker
flaunts his drumming skills—
below his tree I pause
to feel his thunder,
to hear his words