Haiku

 

 

Quendryth Young, AU   pink clover I walk through a multi-tonal hum     Christmas eve the wing of an insect on the sofa     beach sunrise new sand patterns underfoot     dawn chorus steam rising from the kettle     urgent surf ... receding waves merge     Haiku from The Whole Body Singing*   grey butcher bird the whole body singing     salt spray a taste of peat in my whisky     sick neighbour the bare branches of her magnolia     mosquito a stranger's blood on my hand     museum a dead beetle in the armour     Young, Quendryth. The Whole Body Singing*. Dragonwick, Goonellabah, NSW, Australia, printed by Southern Cross Printery, Lismore NSW Australia, October 2007. It is available from the author at 5 Cedar Court, Alstonville NSW, Australia 2477. US $25 includes postage. See Book Fair

 

Shanna Baldwin Moore, US   between the mist and the edge of the forest a white buffalo     eyes meet... across the dance floor air dancing a slow song

 

Catherine J. S. Lee, US   moonlight among lilies of the valley a limpet's shell     heat lightning flashing through the dusk white wicker     jazz tunes in the sweltering dark ...lazy river     morning hush the fox's golden eyes holding mine

 

Maria Tirenescu, RO   summer morning— through the high cliffs, an edelweiss     one car travels dozens of sinuous roads the summer night     It is snowing in the night on the village— a cock sings       summer night— last passer-by, first raindrops     dawn in the country— underneath a stone bridge the yellow leaves floating     on the ruined house    abandoned house butterflies and dandelions— starry evening     wooden bridge—  a cart with the ox crosses, sluggish and creaking     young aspen tree— its shadow growing longer with each day