haiku etc.
by Steve Dalachinsky
everybody’s selling something
i’d like to sell this cold &
windy day
heavy rains &
over night
cherry blossoms
sudden thunder —
cherry blossoms
shiver
hana gu mori — ( f lower clouds )
camellia blossom rests
in the buddha’s lap
i sit quietly on a bench
writing —
spring snow at my feet
red pine or cherry blossoms
which do you
prefer?
morning haze
only birds & cherry blossoms
awakened
the weather rides itself
like a mad painting
thru the day
eating sweets &
watching cherry blossoms
is like a handshake
there
on each iris petal
last night’s rain
still air
still inside the tulip’s heart (red tulip)
rain water
the melody of the star
within the tulip’s
heart
within the hollow
of the salt shaker
a f lickering residue
the sound of a life saver
against my teeth
cherry blossoms
yesterday hot
today cold
the ginkgo so confused
gentrification —
now even outside my door
blossoming pear trees
leaving the movie
on a clear late afternoon
full moon blossoming
the girl with the petals on her dress
blown down the street
by a sudden gust
the girl with the sky on her back
stops in sunlight
for a moment
Simon Pettet
Simon Pettet: is a poet and long-time resident of New York’s Lower East Side. Hearth, his Selected Poems, and the companion volume, As a Bee are both still available from Talisman House.
Yuko Otomo
Yuko Otomo: a visual artist and bilingual writer of Japanese origin. She writes poetry, haiku, art criticism, and essays. Her publications include STUDY & Other Poems on Art, (Ugly Duckling Presse), KOAN, (New Feral Press) and Frozen Heatwave, a collaborative linked poem project with Steve Dalachinsky, (Luna Bisonte Prods). She lives in New York City.
Elizabeth Gordon McKim
Elizabeth Gordon McKim: is a poet whose roots are in the oral tradition of song, story, and performance. She has five collections of poetry, and is included in many journals, anthologies, and reviews as well as the co-author of a teaching guide for children and their parents, Beyond Words. She has taught at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts for more than forty years. She is the Poet Laureate of the European Graduate School in Switzerland. At home in New England, she lives in a renovated shoe factory where she is called by many the Jazz Poet of Lynn.