Tuesday, March 23, 2021

LAST TRAIN HOME Anthology 2021



night train —
I take the moon
home with me


hometown station
wafting through the aisle
the aroma of chai

(Also featured in a presentation by Jacqueline in Haiku North America virtual conference, Oct 2021)

freight train
brunt of the night
in his eyes


Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay Paperback – February 26, 2021 by Jacqueline Pearce (Author), et al. (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Train-Home-anthology-contemporary/dp/1999180801

Also in The Haiku Pond Library

Saturday, March 20, 2021

haiku hike - the 2nd annual Haiku Hike literary competition 2021

Thrilled to see my haiku as one of the winners out of 712 entries in the Haiku Hike-2nd Annual Literary Competition by The Downtown Tucson Partnership & the University of Arizona Poetry Center n showcasing as an acrylic signage in planters located along Congress Street & Stone Avenue.


autumn chill
the white feather clings
to a sewer grate

Haiku Hike
2nd Annual Literary Competition

On display starting the first day of Spring 2021: March 20
About

Presented by The Downtown Tucson Partnership (DTP) and the University of Arizona Poetry Center, the 2nd annual Haiku Hike literary competition showcases twenty winning haiku poems printed on acrylic signage in planters located along Congress Street and Stone Avenue. These signs provide visual and cultural interest throughout the Spring season, beginning Saturday, March 20 through June 1. A hike through downtown following the Haiku trail is the perfect opportunity for the public to get reacquainted with all that Tucson’s urban center has to offer......read more

https://downtowntucson.org/explore/events/haiku-hike


Sunday, March 14, 2021

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems



climate change


torrential rain
the loud slogans
of c(l)im(ate)


seashore debris...
the low pitched cry
of a herring seagull


heatwave—
my thoughts sink
into a perfect mirage


pointed icicles
the climate change myths
suspended in the fog


orange clouds
the faded memory
of spring dreams


bushfire—
rows of black stubble
in the family farm


footprints
of the sea ghost...
lichens on a rock


deforestation—
entangled my feet
the gnarled roots


ice eggs
tracing back
my past


arguments
about our future
acid rain


intermittent lightning
I seek solace
in my childhood dreams


climate change—
losing my shadow
in the day fog


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haiku grids


nimbus clouds  

away from home 

passing through 

winter dream

drifting in the ripples

apple blossom petals

a moonlit path  

lost into the fog 

evening thoughts  

stick to my hair 

the first vow   

nostalgia 



ice eggs

under my feet 

late night journey 

without you

into pieces 

a big sinkhole

out of nowhere

the falling star lost 

old vows 

his confession

the blue moon

inside me    



Fireflies’ Light, issue #22 of Fireflies’ Light: A Magazine of Short Poems.

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Suspect Device Zine, 2021


dense smoke
the blueness of sky
fading more

murmuration—
plumes of a raven
scattered in the air

Suspect Device Zine, issue 7


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remnants of war
bending more
Kabul River


Kabul Airport
between arrival and departure
blood moon


Khyber Pass
a mourning dove
along the serpentine road 


Suspect Device Zine, September 2021

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goshawk gaze 
each bird on the tree 
becomes a silhouette

Suspect Device Zine, March 2021

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last goodbye
on the way home
distant stars

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attic trunk
among his love letters
moth wings


Suspect Device Zine, March 2021

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Wales Haiku Journal, 2021


summer drizzle 
the steady cawing 
of a house rooster

Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2021 issue

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neon lit pond 
how shallow 
its silence

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2021 issue


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Black Wings 


wind through rafters

the pressing burden

of a secret

JH


 

written on the wall

the pain of love

HA


 

storm light

buffing the cloud base 

nail marks in her palms

JH


 

blurred trails intertwine

with self-imposed isolation

HA


 

north wind

lines of black stubble

over fields of rape

JH


 

crows circle around

deep snow furrows

HA


 

hardening frost

wings of dread 

from her shoulders

JH


 

white ashes of longing

dissipate in reckless night

HA


 

stone road

runnels of dirt water

gutter with rumour

JH


 

early autumn leaves

stuffed in the sinkhole

HA


 

time’s drift

the long walk home

tightens its spiral

JH


 

shrouds of dust

in the land of infidelity

HA


 

hunkering down

night unfurls black folds

of understanding

JH


 

shedding my illusions

I make peace with shadows

HA

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Hifsa Ashraf & John Hawkhead 


Wales Haiku Journal, winter issue, 2021