Dreuys

1. winter rain- an old pot fills with moonlight 2. sunrise... birdsong falling from the mountain 3. just in time for the newborn- snow flurries! 4. gang signs on the old church door... winter deepens 5. stillness... a cloud of white breath 6. deep in the raven's cry- southern drawl 7. midnight walk-       between each star the cosmos 8. resting awhile on Issa's death poem- the fly 9. morning thaw- the bulldog's growl softens 10. loneliness... leek soup cold in the crock pot 11. crows becoming dusk 12. one cloud the shade of mango- winter's end? 13. begging in her

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Inside of me -- ache. Fingertips across my skin. I gasp, you sigh -- love.

A Lot of Words About A Little Poem An Introduction to Haiku Structures Part 1 -Introduction- A haiku poem cannot be defined according to the number of syllables and lines it contains (nor by the number of syllables in each line). Although I do not wish to go into the reasons why at this point (I will save that for a later discussion) the form of modern English haiku, as Haruo Shirane writes, “is a short poem, usually written in one to three lines.” (in Gilbert, 2009)  At this point our definition sounds very vague. If the number of syllables and lines do not define a haiku poem, then what does? And if a haiku poem is s