half a finger short
of a peace sign
Independence Day
Category: Poem
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The prompt for Week 21 of the Haiku Dialogue was “a broken shell.” I came up with this:
nautilus shell
the fractal
fracturing -
self-portrait
the lines
she didn’t draw
Originally published in Presence #57 -
The theme for this week’s Haiku Dialogue was “a weathered wall.” Here’s what I wrote:
a sunbeam
on my last name
memorial wall -
The theme for week 17 of the Haiku Dialogue was “a shiny instrument.” Since Memorial Day was close at hand, I felt inspired to write this:
soldier’s bugle
the gentle tapping
of rain -
The theme for week 16 of the Haiku Dialogue was “an empty can.” Here’s what I wrote:
empty paint cans
not enough sun
for a sunset -
The theme for week 15 of the Haiku Dialogue was “A colorful insect.”
I ended up writing this:
late spring
counting the spots
on a ladybug -
The theme for week 14 of the Haiku Dialogue was “an old flower pot.”
It took me a while, but I managed to come up with this:
shattered flower pot
I sweep up the last shard
of spring -
The prompt for Week 13 of The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue was “An exotic spice.”
I came up with this:
allergy season
I ask for extra
wasabi paste -
longest day
an extra syllable
in the rooster’s crowI wrote the above haiku a while back and it was accepted for publication by Shamrock Haiku Journal. To my surprise and joy, I just found out that it’s a runner-up in their 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards.
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Edward Cody Huddleston 