fire drill:
as soon as she gets outside
she lights up
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karasu / Ross Clark
karasu / Ross Clark is the author of 2 chapbooks of haiku and 7 volumes of poetry, and a founding editor publisher of Australia's only haiku journal, Paper Wasp. He is currently creatively unemployed, writing poems, haiku and folksongs during a Brisbane summer.
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pavlov’s wife—
the cigarette glows brightly
just before she coughs
i don’t see a smoker here. i see a person
who’s been held inside for far too
long. perhaps in a nursing home, hospital,
or even a long school day. i see a
face lighting up with liberation. either
way, kudos ross on this excellent open
ended senryu.
pavlov’s wife—
the cigarette glows brightly
just before she coughs
She lights up
as she stares at the spot
on her chest x-ray
i don’t see a smoker here. i see a person
who’s been held inside for far too
long. perhaps in a nursing home, hospital,
or even a long school day. i see a
face lighting up with liberation. either
way, kudos ross on this excellent open
ended senryu.
siren wails-
as the dry soil
savours my sweat