Willow Songs
by members of the North Carolina Haiku Society
Words Poet/Composer
landing on the oar/a praying mantis/halts the kayak Krawiec/Freeman
atop the feeder/the wood thrush clabbers/the window Krawiec/Stewart
credit card bills/cover the kitchen table/a line of ants Krawiec/Freeman
slow day/the presser foot quickens/against kente Moore/Freeman
slow steady rhythm/Japanese rainy season/echoes in my heart Smith/Shunk
beavers over there/my feet wet/over here Moyer/Shunk
drifting/with a balloon/a dog barks Straw/Freeman
family reunion/everywhere you look/the same smile Moyer/Stewart
his song/where she said he would be/indigo bunting MacQueen/Shunk
late summer rain/the almost tame rabbit/hops out of sight Russo/Shunk
pick up roars/through the dust cloud/red sea Church/Freeman
sunny side up/a vase of daisies droop/over breakfast Church/Stewart
up with the rooster/tending her tomato plants/
the childless widow Dunlap/Stewart
cicadas/the scissors' shearing/of red cloth
workshop ends/I step into the sound/of katydids Moore/Freeman/Shunk
harborside mall/left and right with measured steps/
an ibis looks for crumbs MacQueen/Freeman
commencement/a bead of water/on every pine needle Dunlap/Freeman
reading Shiki/in the morning dark/a rabbit's death cry Russo/Freeman
so cold/my mother's forehead/in the coffin Krawiec/Freeman
spinning tops/dad's favorite one/rests on grave Smith/Stewart
summer gossip/over back yard fence/blue jays scold us Moyer/Shunk
from leaf/to leaf to ground/bug and bird Straw/Freeman
vintage airshow /the dragonfly's/double wings Church/Shunk
resolution/beneath a new year moon/a dark road MacQueen/Piddington
in the great green room/the quiet old lady's hush/in my voice Bizzarri/Freeman
her hands aglow/beneath the willow tree/fireflies Dunlap/Shunk
wings tapping/my office window/butterfly's face Russo/Shunk
windows down/I slow for a turn/and birdsong Straw/Shunk
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