another spring
the empty seat
at the table
moonlight—
afterward only silence
between us
shell held to my ear—
a wave swells and rides
itself to shore
purling creek—
a remembered lullaby
in the mother tongue
wind in the pines—distant
shakuhachi music
cold front—
in the busker's case
five copper coins
breaking
the water basin ice—
matins
taut plunk
of a cello string breaking—
snowmelt
first tree buds—
untuned piano music
from the old folks home
About
Nora Wood
Nora Wood grew up near
the Tetons in Wyoming. She is a writer and poet living in
Atlanta, Georgia with her two daughters. She took up daily
haiku-writing in 2007 as a discipline and creative outlet.
Nora has published haiku in Simply Haiku, The Heron's
Nest, World Haiku Review, and the Lilliput Press
Basho Challenge chapbook. Find her work on line at
haiku a day.
This is Nora Wood's first
appearance in Sketchbook.
