Haiku Sun
Issue IX, December 2003
Our Christmas present to you this month is a pared down, no nonsense issue. There are no visuals this month, aside from those presented through the use of our poets' finely crafted words.
The holidays are a time of wonder, dreams and imagination...so grab a cup of tea, throw another log on the fire and enjoy this journey into the mind's eye!
*Technical problems led to a delay in the publication of issue nine. We at Haiku Sun want to apologize for the inconvenience and thank everyone involved in the issue for their patience during this time.
Erin Harte, Editor-Haiku Sun
J D Heskin:
the steps
only my cat can hear:
mouse
toasting
a shadow
toasting
me back
my old dog
on my old foot--
both sleeping
December--
sharing my window
with cold days
many winters--
the steps to my mailbox
further now
December--
reminding me to bring in
more wood
my presence
flushes an old white owl--
what does it mean?
seeing Buddha
with closed eyes--
a haiku
old masters--
setting the haiku mark
high to reach
my village
left long ago is now
another village
Bio:
J.D. resides in Duluth, Minnesota. His haiku credits include Acorn,
Frogpond,
Asahi Haikuist Network, Mainichi Interactive, The Mie Times,
Tempslibres,
Paper Wasp, Famous Reporter, Haiku Spirit, Bottle Rockets and many
others.
Deborah Kolodji:
agave bloom
the brief career
of a boy band
*
artichoke season -
a pot of boiling water
seasoned with lemon
*
baby rattlesnake
we take a different route
to the waterfall
*
a bird's broken wing
Grandfather fails
the driving test
*
desert sunrise
and miles of Joshua trees
the long drive
*
Sunrise at Refugio
Alone,
a beachcomber
stands on the rocky point,
tide rushing in on both sides. Then -
dolphins.
*
October Carnival
raffle
and ride tickets,
bags of buttered popcorn -
the wind as the Ferris Wheel spins
again
Deborah P Kolodji is the divorced mother of three who works in information technology to fund her poetry obsessions. She is the editor of Amaze: The Cinquain Journal (www.amaze-cinquain.com). Her poems have appeared in Modern Haiku, Bottle Rockets, The Heron's Nest, Acorn, Hummingbird, Scifaikuest, and many other places both on and off the web.