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| just enough moon
for this firefly to land on my finger |
| florida sunshine
mother soaks up the shade |
| visit home taking baby steps with papa |
| custody weekend
inside her backpack cinderella |
| deathwatch
the arrival of fresh coffee |
| morning after
the wild deer turn back into collies |
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| autumn rain
a hopscotch loses its eight |
| hunger moon -
the words i meant to say |
| abandoned mill
the dark water keeps its secret |
| flurries
telling her headstone he cheated |
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| hair of the dog --
in the mirror a trace of autumn |
| winter sunlight
a priest blesses father's eyelids |
| 5 o'clock shadow
night swallows the barberpole |
| old plum tree
father's watch heavy on my wrist |
| in the eyes
of a stray rabbit my childhood |
| at the tip
of her swizzle stick pink flamingo |
| winter dusk
when dad would phone |
| bills paid
the tiger lily past its prime |
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| piano practice
losing my place to the roses |
| family picnic
the new wife's rump bigger than mine |
| my son and i
counting fireflies counting stars |
| breakup my daughter's voice cracks across two continents |
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| Roberta Beary the words i meant to say A 3LIGHTS Presentation Curator: Liam Wilkinson All poems copyright © Roberta Beary, 2008 'just enough moon' : Itoen Sponsor's Award 2007 'florida sunshine', 'visit home...' : Penumbra 2007 'custody weekend' : Simply Haiku, Summer 2007 'deathwatch' : moonset, May 2008 'morning after' : roadrunner May 2008 Issue VIII:2 'autumn rain' : moonset, May 2008, 3rd place 'hunger moon' : Haiku Ireland Feb. 2008 kukai, 2nd place 'abandoned mill' : Shamrock, Issue 5, 2008 'flurries' : Modern Haiku 39.1 winter-spring 2008 'hair of the dog', 'winter sunlight' : Simply Haiku Winter 2007 '5 o'clock shadow' : shiki kukai, January 2008 'old plum tree' : Asahi newspaper, Spring 2008 'in the eyes' : Suruga Baika Haiku Contest 2008 HM 'at the tip' : f/k/a blog Winter 2008 'winter dusk' : 2nd place Sadler-Weiss Haiku Contest, 2008 'bills paid', 'piano practice', 'family picnic', 'my son and i', breakup' : The Unworn Necklace, Snapshot Press 2007 |