closed
before i get there …
morning glory
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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
Beautiful ku.
leaning toward sunlight
just out of reach
bearded iris
Sweet. Nice work Stanford!
Stan,
This haiku was pricesless! My daughter picked me a some morning glories early this morning while she was practicing riding her bike. We didn’t put them in water, and when she came back to look at them at lunchtime, the flowers were closed up and well on their way out. This haiku could not have arrived on a better day!
old band stand
the softer blare of
morning glories
closed-
jasmines
now yellow
with the dawn