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Volume 52.2 Summer 2021
sample haiku & senryu
an orphan earring in the catch-all drawer summer doldrums
Susan Antolin
end of summer more bills and fake bacon bits
Francine Banwarth
finishing packing behind the wall piano scales
Efrat Bloom
stepping stones covered in moss too late to forgive
John Budan
the lilac bushes they uprooted Grandpa
Maianne Berger
having said it I take a long walk in the cold
Michael Fessler
first snowman my toddler sticks the carrot below the belt
Terri French
evening fire an old song crackles on the turntable
Jennifer Hambrick
overcast afternoon the lifeguard bends unbends her leg
Michael Ketchek
unspooling my mother's yarns
David C. Reynolds
beach breeze readjusting the umbrella in my cocktail
Anthony M. Lusardi
srokte raehb . . . teh cregaveir fwolols hre maennig
Roland Packer
still dark — I wait for my body to catch up to itself
Pippa Phillips
jury duty we take a vote on lunch
Greg Schwartz
family mantel the ashes I'll inherit
Agnes Eva Savich
tide darkens some of the driftwood the other marriage
Dan Schwerin
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