Reprinted and Original Haiku

Reprinted and Original Haiku

by Stewart C Baker

fresh-raked coals
she takes her father’s will
out on her children


Originally appeared in A Hundred Gourds

freeway moon
the slow occlusion
of my evening


Unpublished

 
election day I cast my line into the river


Originally appeared in
Modern Haiku

sunny weather
she waits for her lover
to get over it


Unpublished

orchid tree
the drifting scent
of traffic


Originally appeared in Crysanthemum

after the funeral
identical cars
turning the corner


Unpublished


 


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Reprinted and Original Haiku

Reprinted and Original Haiku

by Stewart C Baker

b’ak’tun
the end of the world
resets itself


Originally appeared in Heron’s Nest

a moment of peace…
her children’s distant
shouting


Originally appeared in Close to the Wind (HNA 2013 anthology)

 
sudden summer
a day spent arguing
with windmills


Unpublished

fireworks…
flashing from the roadside
the dead dog’s eyes


Originally appeared in Under the Basho

sidewalk café
the distant drone
of war-time


Unpublished

stitch in a stich
she sews his soul together
with a song


Unpublished


 


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