My father’s old key has been in the kitchen drawer for years. It opens nothing now. Sometimes I turn it in my fingers before putting it back.
the winter solstice
a blackbird turns in the snow
toward the dark hedge
By Jacek Margolak
Haiku by Monica Kagan
sage moss underfoot
a susurration of leaves
i breathe in fresh air
Instagram: @monicakaganpoet
Haiku by John Hawkhead
yellow butterflies
the warmth of English Summers
in her sunray pleats
Haiku by L. Bordetsky-Williams
This hidden pattern –
The moon over glass buildings:
It is not yet dark.
Author of Forget Russia
Haiku by Barrie Levine
reading mom’s teenage journal
the loops in her script
bubbling over with crushes
This is an example of the inverted 7-5-7 haiku form.
Author of Cotton Moon
Haiku by Sarah Mahina Calvello
Crossing the crossroads
Alter the experiment
Misty pine sunsets
To A Friend
A brief note is all
Breaking a year-long silence
Warming winter’s chill
A reminder of this void
Your absence is cold as ice
By DJ Tyrer
Originally published in A New Ulster
Haiku by David Mitchell
Late spring in Iran,
flock of seagulls, ships waiting
– couldn’t get away.
Haiku by Nicholas De Marino
ninjas and pirates
battle across brown paper
who rules third-grade math
Haiku by Partha Sarkar
An escape after
the heinous carnage… the road
seems to be chill cold.
