Haiku
bar doors
open and close
a whiff of smoke
imagining his voice
I lol
email punch line
a din of swifts
lifts off the naked oak
into
NO TRESPASSING
a butterfly
ignores the chain
thunderstorm on summer
pavement
gives up its ghosts
on the sidewalk home
careful not to break
her mother’s back
on the steering wheel
of my Volkswagen van
an old man’s hands
gone before the camera’s
the dolphin’s tail click
one-ring circus
a blind woman asks
what's that smell
beachfront diner
the ceiling fan stirs
in my spoon
About
Robert Moyer
Robert Moyer,
Winston Salem, NC, wrote haiku for many years before he
published anything. His work has since appeared in
frogpond, MODERN HAIKU, bottle rockets, Acorn, and
simplyhaiku, among others. He has also been included in
a number of anthologies, most recently LOOSE THREADS,
the ten-year anniversary anthology of Acorn. He was
privileged to host the 2007 Haiku North America
Conference with Dave russo and Lenard D. Moore in his
home town of Winston Salem, NC.
This is Robert Moyer's
first appearance in Sketchbook.
