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Volume 50.3
Autumn
2019

 

sample haiku & senryu

 

 

her hair pin
marking the page
on chemotherapy

Robert Witmer

 

female cardinal
my closet
of earth tones

Julie Warther

 

maple keys tomorrow a sermon on doors
 

Dan Schwerin

 

Mom reminds us
to watch our posture
hollyhocks

Barbara Snow

 

autumn maple
my lesson plan
out the window

Tom Painting

 

harvest moon
the pull of the covers
across the bed

Debbie Olson

 

soup kitchen
a hole in the sole
of Santa's boot

Joe McKeon

 

Happy Hour
the fruit flies content
with the lemon

Scott Mason

 

to the woman
with earbuds
I mouth hello

Michael Ketchek

 

    just the living
our Christmas card
            list

Gary hotham

 

Indian summer . . .
my grandchild
gives me a new name

Louisa Howerow

 

setting sun
climbing higher
in her favorite tree

Warren Decker

 

budget talks
a spoonful of agreement
over gumbo

Bill Cooper

 

my ex coming
toward us on the trail
smile lines

Tony Barfield

 

tadpole pond
a man holds
his son's ankles

Brad Bennett

 

 

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