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Volume 36.1
Spring 2005

 

sample haiku & senryu

 

blackout—
my son speaks a secret
i always knew

Roberta Beary

 

Black hearse rushes by—
blue chicory on the roadside
swaying in its wake.

Billy Collins

 

flirting
with my neighbor
fireflies

William Cullen Jr.

 

hiking ahead
he blends in perfectly—
lonely mountain valley

Emily Evans

 

nude beach
embarassed
I'm the only one here

Michael Ketchek

 

lonely night
the frequent kiss
of a tequilla worm

Dan McCullough

 

it's me!
I buy the dress
off the dummy


Gloria Radke

 

crossing the bridge
I enter her
time zone


Chad Lee Robinson

 

Gost cheese warm
from the hitchhiker's pack . . .
Summer of Love.

Dave Russo

 

january third—
the vices of yesteryear
already returned

Robert Spiess

 

first day of spring—
the slightly sour smell
of my blanket

Karma Tenzing Wangchuk

 

rising gas prices—
an attendant changing numbers
in a pouring rain
Michael Dylan Welch

 

 

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