f/k/a . . .

 

picking strawberries
grandma’s rolled up sleeves reveal
pale tattooed numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

far from home
an empty swing
half my size

 

 

 

 

 

my son and i
counting fireflies
counting stars

 

 

Roberta Beary

 

“far from home” - Frogpond XIX:3 (1996) (for Anita Virgil) 

“picking strawberries” - Commended, Basho 300th Anniv. International Haiku Contest (1994); HIA (1996)

“my son and i” - First Prize, Penumbra (1999); included in The Thin Curve: RMA 1999

 

 

 

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  from dagosan:  

sultry Sunday

freezer pops and

blue tongues

[July 17, 2005]                     

                                                                                                                                     

potluck buffet - closed for July