PICKINGS

Poetry from NHI publications

SIX HAIKU
on the inn hearth each side the dangling poker an ear of the mouse supporting sagging chrysanthemums spider threads getting on in years out of breath only after brushing his teeth not a soul on deck — the vaporetto passes the Isle of the Dead in the cricketfield rotting on the woodpile unsawn bails children panicking out of the tiger cage a wasp
DAVID COBB

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