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Flower Haiku
by Joshua St. Claire
lily of the valley
a Roman candle shooting
into darkness
when will I wild pear blossoms
slowly dying
the dandelions
her grandsons picked
the old spaniel panting June wilted pansies
a hackberry emperor
settling into phloxscent
afternoon deepens
blue lotus
a common sanddragon lands
in deep time
ephemeral pools
the shadows of dame’s rocket
swaying in the meadow
first lightning
through the oak grove
wild violets
heat lightning
white gladiolus
bend under the weight
the drought sky
shifting from lapis to slate
chicory
about the author // Joshua St. Claire
| Joshua St. Claire (he/him) is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania works as a financial director for a large non-profit. His haiku and related poetry have been published broadly including in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, and Mayfly. He has received recognition in the following international contests/awards for his work in these forms: the Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Award, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, the San Francisco International Award for Senryu, the Robert Speiss Memorial Award, the Touchstone Award for Individual Haiku, the British Haiku Society Award for Haiku, and the Trailblazer Award. |
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