Sketchbook  Elizabeth Howard, US

 

 

Haiku lake in April a metallic boat crashes into the ducks' wake     window crash claws of the dazed goldfinch clasp my finger     grassy cove black and white lambs frolic by the branch

 

Tanka child burned in the wash pot fire— even memory guilty of raising blisters the firstborn always accountable     coyote dream the bedraggled creature I saw skulking in dried weeds dashes from the barn sleek and audacious