gray autumn sky —
the blackbirds
turn and turn
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Stanford M. Forrester
Stanford M. Forrester is a past president of the Haiku Society of America as well as the editor of bottle rockets: a collection of short verse, which boasts its 14th year in print. Stanford has had poems published in many journals and anthologies worldwide. He perhaps is most proud of his haiku being included in Haiku edited by Peter Washington in the Everyman's Pocket Poetry Series published by Knopf and American Zen: A Gathering of Poets published by Bottomdog Press. In 2004 he took first seat in the 57th Annual Basho Anthology Contest in Ueno, Japan and in 2012, one of his haiku won second place in the International Robert Frost Poetry & Haiku contest. View all posts by Stanford M. Forrester
aurora borealis ~
in winter, football teams’ banners
wavering
I like the comparison of the autumn sky to the birds. Each element here adds something to the other: the sky gains a sense of motion, and the birds a sense of almost shadow. Nicely executed.
love this stanford!
moving the world
the girl turns round and round
and stops
I love the desperation of the blackbirds…
morning snow
the stock boy
rotates the milk
Emotional tension here through color, archetypical associations, transitional season, restlessness, movement.
This morning I saw weaving blackbirds. Wanted to stop the car; hoped they’d spiral up a thermal draft, an awesome sight.
-Debi
raptors
black rigid wings –
tilt side to side, on thermal winds
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winter skies, sighting raptors search for carrion; strange, my not knowing the bountifulness. with each raptor sighted, though understanding their presence, peace overcomes me
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