{"id":6620,"date":"2020-01-15T17:44:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T17:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?page_id=6620"},"modified":"2020-01-15T20:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T20:55:20","slug":"haiku-corner-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?page_id=6620","title":{"rendered":"HAIKU CORNER 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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say that five times fast\u2026
a crush of cumulus clouds
crowds the quiet cove<\/p>\n

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bug spray\u2014
the ticks agree
to an armistice<\/p>\n

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papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9\u2014
how these eyes
stay glued to you<\/p>\n

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old moon
the calico
hides away<\/p>\n

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a kiss
that won\u2019t let go
clingstones<\/p>\n

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flickers
of an old warmth
winter sun<\/p>\n

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downcast\u2026
the endless tessellation
of rain clouds<\/p>\n

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promotion:
the pawn
becomes a queen<\/p>\n

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Aaron Barry’s haiku and senryu have appeared in over ten haiku journals, including Modern Haiku Magazine, Frogpond Journal,<\/em> and the Heron’s Nest.<\/em><\/p>\n

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 HAIKU, LAMA, NEW MEXICO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Stems of notes take root
in a pool of morning light.
Piano, guitar.<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Puccini trembles
in his sleep, then he whimpers\u2014
Or is it a rabbit?<\/p>\n

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How to explain this?
I am as old as the stars
and as young as grass.<\/p>\n

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Late afternoon rains.
Then two umbrella rainbows
open in the sky.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes I can\u2019t sleep.
The sky enormous with love,
a grandmother\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n

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We spread a blanket
on the cold evening ground,
then fly together.<\/p>\n

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The swift arrows of
hummingbirds miscalculate
the distance of love.<\/p>\n

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Anne Knupfer has an MFA in Poetry Translation from the University of Iowa, where she was also was a student in the Iowa Writers Workshop, studying with Normal Dubie and Donald Justice. She has published poetry translations in Iowa Review<\/em> and Modern Poetry in Translation<\/em>, as well as co-edited an international literature anthology.<\/p>\n

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OLDER<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sky in my eyes. Grey
\nclouds with a sliver of moon
\nfor a hairpin. <\/p>\n

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A fallen oak branch
\nbecomes my bench
\nby water\u2019s edge. <\/p>\n

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I mistake my reflection
\nfor an enemy.I write<\/p>\n

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on water. A soaring
\nheron is an apostrophe. <\/p>\n

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IN THE GULF OF MEXICO<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Foam-covered waves climb
\nthe dunes then quietly recoil.
\n    \tA sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

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A flock of flamingos
\nagainst the steel sky. Drifting
\n    \tout of reach.<\/p>\n

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Circling in the air
\npelicans scan the ocean\u2014
\n    \tIt\u2019s raining birds and stones.<\/p>\n

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When gulls land
\nblack-bellied plovers flee\u2014 wet
\n    \tsand without imprints.\t<\/p>\n

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A silver hook glistens
\nthen pierces flesh where fish
\n    \tinhabit silence.<\/p>\n

 
\nEdytta Anna Wojnar emigrated from Poland and now lives with her husband in northern New Jersey, where she teaches at William Paterson University. She is the author of chapbooks: Stories Her Hands Tell<\/em> (2013) and Here and There (2014) published by Finishing Line Press. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The American Journal of Poetry, Paterson Literary Review, Narrative Northeast, Edison Literary Review,<\/em> and Shot Glass Journal<\/em>, among others. <\/p>\n

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JAZZ PURRS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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for Steve Dalachinsky <\/em><\/p>\n

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like cats   jazz purrs
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smoky
blues   taste like wine
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smooth
and cool at night
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like
jazz   cats move 
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with
panache   know the blues <\/p>\n

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taste better at night<\/p>\n

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Patricia Carragon\u2019s recent publications include Bear Creek Haiku, First Literary Review-East, A Gathering of the Tribes, Jerry Jazz Musician, The Caf\u00e9 Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Krytyka Literacka, Panoplyzine, Poetrybay, <\/em>and Sensitive Skin.<\/em> Herlatest books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku <\/em>and The Cupcake Chronicles, <\/em>and Innocence <\/em>from Finishing Line Press. Her first novel, \u201cAngel Fire,\u201d is forthcoming from Alien Buddha Press. Patricia hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology. She is an executive editor for Home Planet News Online.<\/em><\/p>\n

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