Haiku by Alek Barkats

5ive syllable hook

Se7en syllable image        n

Then end with a  t         r

                                u

sleePMapnia

 

woke with the highway

interstate system drawn up

and down my body

Alek Barkats is a second grade teacher in Washington, D.C. He has had poetry and fiction published in 48hour Magazine and Ostrenenie Magazine.

Haiku by Les Merton

damp with tears our song

plays on as it slowly drys

in the summer breeze

 

 

 

an owl’s ghostly flight

the thin curl of a new moon

winter glittering

 

 

 

Les Merton’s writing has appeared in magazines, anthologies and on web sites around the world. He has also written 20 books and is the founder/editor of Poetry Cornwall.

Haiku by Sara Bickley

It is not true that

all toast lands butter side down.

Not all toast gets dropped.

 

 

 

Sara Bickley is a student at the University of Montana. Her very short poems have previously appeared in Every Day Poets, High Coup Journal, and Three Line Poetry.