.
lost
a moth and the moon
inside my car
.

[From "in a bottle of ink" 2020, Imperium Publishing]
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

.
a wasp
spiraling down the toilet
my apology
.

[From "in a bottle of ink" 2020, Imperium Publishing]
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

.
a spider
on the floor tile—
checkmate
.

[From "in a bottle of ink" 2020, Imperium Publishing]
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

.
old pond
the sky folds in
to a striker’s wake
.

[From "in a bottle of ink" 2020, Imperium Publishing]
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #NodToBasho #not575 #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

.
sapling
roots deeper
than mine
.

[From "in a bottle of ink" 2020, Imperium Publishing]
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

.
cloudburst
the shriek of ballerinas
leaving class
.

[From "in a bottle of ink" 2020, Imperium Publishing]
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

.
black fox—
all my dreams
revised
.

[From my upcoming book #strawberrymoon,
a companion to #inabottleofink]
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

.
before the fireworks Venus
.

[From my upcoming book #strawberrymoon,
a companion to #inabottleofink]
#haiku #monoku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

.
a firefly
lighting its own path
dare I do the grand thing?
.

[From my upcoming book 'strawberry moon',
a companion to 'in a bottle of ink']
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #strawberrymoon #inabottleofink #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

sentence hearing
. . . in the parking lot
the victim’s family
pours chai and grief
into paper cups

[From my upcoming book 'strawberry moon',
a companion to 'in a bottle of ink']
#tanka #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #strawberrymoon #inabottleofink #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

jury verdict
a spring snow weighs
on the redbud
.
.
[From my upcoming book 'strawberry moon',
first pub: Freshout Magazine 2021]
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #strawberrymoon #inabottleofink #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

breaking ice moon
. . . daffodils in a row
of bar glasses

[From my upcoming book 'strawberry moon',
a companion to 'in a bottle of ink']
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #strawberrymoon #inabottleofink #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

chilly morning
. . . the pond lifts
from the pond

[From my upcoming book 'strawberry moon', a companion to 'in a bottle of ink']
#haiku #Japaneseshortform #linkandshift #not575 #strawberrymoon #inabottleofink #haijin #poetry #author #melindabhipple

freezing rain . . .
still the chipping sparrow
sings

#haiku #linkandshift #Japaneseshortform #not575 #poetry #melindabhipple #haijin #strawberrymoon

lady beetle . . .
the shadow line
she will not cross

#haiku #JapaneseShortForm #not575 #poetry #linkandshift #melindabhipple #blueskyauthor

flock of sparrows
. . . shadows race each other
through the living room

#haiku #japaneseshortform #not575 #linkandshift #poetry #haijin #melindabhipple

dermatologist's waiting room . . .
all the patches in all the places

#haiku #japaneseshortform #not575 #melindabhipple

HaikuKATHA is up!
Pleased to have this bunch within.
#tanka #haiku #haikuKatha #senryu #shortpoem #japaneseshortform #shortform

sunrise . . . trading crickets for cicadas The text overlaid on a photo of golden clouds at sunrise.

#haiku #haiga #japaneseshortform #poetry #poet #melindabhipple

Watching an aerial view of a building damaged by bombs—large groups of people trying to extract survivors, the debris gray with dust, the workers in vibrant color—I am reminded of antibodies surrounding a wound, desperate to fight infection. an argument between sparrows— blood moon

#war #bloodmoon #haibun #haiga #japaneseshortform #poet #author #melindabhipple

odd or even . . .
never diagnosed
with OCD
still a sense of relief
with the second tattoo

#tanka #japaneseshortform #poetry #melindabhipple

chilly morning
. . . the pond lifts
from the pond

#haiku #japaneseshortform #poetry #melindabhipple

chandelier—
the glitter of a hanging
spider's thread

#haiku #poetry #japaneseshortform #melindabhipple

"A must have!
If you love poetry... buy this book.
I spent a few hours on a Saturday morning
listening to the rain and reading this book.
Wonderful way to spend the morning."
— Kris (Amazon Review)
#haiku #tanka #haibun #japaneseshortform #author #melindabhipple #booksky

shifting shapes
of monochrome rain
fur elise

(First published in The Bamboo Hut, Number 3 2020)

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #japaneseshortform #poem #beethoven

black fox—
all my dreams
revised

#haiku #japaneseshortform #poetry