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Volume 43.1 Winter Spring 2012
sample haiku & senryu
cold front— an urgent wind at my back
Robyn Hood Black
harvest moon— the songs you never sang to me
Majorie Buettner
train whistle the retired conductor checks his watch
Gayle Bull
tennis match . . . the only time he mentions love
Cynthia Cechota
breaking clouds my favorite of the seven deadly sins
Carlos Colón
each of us with her own opinion— spicy samosas
Susan Constable
sparrow shadows on the porch— she never just calls
Aubrie Cox
another white lie I can't bear to repeat . . . hunger moon
Margaret Dornaus
casual embrace— suddenly conscious of my breasts
Harriot West
spicy chicken . . . this impulse to ask if she's married
Chen-ou Liu
gravel road your lie in my gut
Jayne Miller
pruning the apple tree I let go my argument
Marsh Muirhead
her iPhone back between her thighs the traffic moves on
Greg Piko
tight black stitches on her wrist— holding things together
William M. Ramsey
gonggoinggone in
Peter Yovu
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