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Haiku and Senryu

Eric Amann

the names of the dead

sinking deeper and deeper into the red leaves

winter burial:a stone angel points his hand

at the empty sky

Snow falling

On the empty parking-lot:

Christmas Eve

ob oldman

walking with the river 

the water does my thinking

i end in shadow

in the heatadmiring the shade in a blouse

Chuck rickley

slipping in the snow

a child !ust lies there

eating it

summer evening" 

the grandchild waves once moreat the empty road

#ack Cain

waiting:dry snowflakes fall

against the headlights

empty room:

one swinging coat hanger measures the silence

$ichard Crist

she has gone" 

a vase of wild asterson the kitchen table

% A &avidson

on my returnshe brings blue plums

on a white plate

etty &revnoik 

&eep snow:

 peeling potatoes" 

dark earth on my hands

%eroy 'orman

her long paper legs

smell

of the river 

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(enny Hater 

wrinkles

in the white icingof the birthday cake

in the mirror

the open door 

 blows shut behind me

Cary Hotham

distant thunder 

the dog)s toenails click against the linoleum

Coffee

in a paper cup---

a long way from home

home early * 

your empty coat hanger in the closet

sun + moon

in the same sky

the small hand of my wife

Clement Hoyt

,hile the guests orderthe table cloth hides his hands" 

  counting his money

.he pretty matron

sure she is pregnant againsmashes potted plants/

0n that lighting flash" 

through the night rain * 0 saw it1

/ / / whatever it was/

#ack 2erouac

0n my medicine cabinet

 the winter fly

has died of old age/

missing a kick 

  at the icebo3 door 

0t closes anyway/

4ichael 4cClintock 

long summer day / / /

my neighbor)s bull

at it again

a small girl / / /

the shadows strokeand stroke her 

i eat alone+ pass the salt

for myself 

letting my tongue

 deeper into the cool

ripe tomato