Marion Alice Poirier, US

 

 

Marion Alice Poirier, US   Haiku   planting marigolds new leaves on the red oak shade the family plot     a gull squawks the beggar shooed away from his bed of grass     his attic room: an autumn moon in the cracked mirror     evening shadows a squirrel buries acorns under the bramble     penny in hand waiting for the north ferry— a taste of salt         About Marion Alice Poirier, US   Marion Alice Poirier, US: I am a retired administrative assistant for the Boston Public Schools and I have lived in Boston, MA all my life. I have been writing mainstream poetry for about thirty years and have a collection of a hundred poems in its final stages for publication. There are about a dozen haiku in the collection. I became interested in haiku about twelve years ago but have only began to submit haiku to journals recently. When I was a member of the Fort Worth Haiku Society 1992 -1995, I won many awards for haiku and tanka published in their monthly newsletter. I am presently devoting all my spare time to reading and writing haiku and mentoring other haiku students. This is Marion Alice Poirier's, US 's first appearance in Sketchbook.