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Volume 43.3
Autumn 2012

 

sample haiku & senryu

 

skin off the peach—
a slip
of the tongue

Francine Banwarth

 

the flush beneath
her white shift
wild strawberries

Mark Brager

 

          Twelfth Day
   we place the wreath
on the snowman’s grave

Helen Buckingham

 

dandelion
not everyone thinks
I'm delightful

Cynthia Cechota

 

leaves on the river bank beginning dialysis

Scott Glander

 

aging ...
getting the freckles
i wanted in childhood

Charlotte Digregorio

 

family discussion
chili and beans simmer
on the stove

Lynn Edge

 

dogwood blossoms —
the homeless man enjoys
a private joke

Barry George

 

night breeze
a teen and I
talk about everything

Marcus Larsson

black ice
not seeing your anger
for what it is

Beverly Acuff Momoi

 

milkweed
if it were all
that simple

John Soules

 

bedtime story ...
we both know
there is no happy ending

Angela Terry

 

 

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