All Souls’…
a wasp returns
to the lintel
Published by
Helen Buckingham
Helen Buckingham lives in Wells, UK. Her work appears regularly in journals and anthologies including: Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, Modern Haiku, Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years (W.W. Norton, 2013) and nada annunaad: an anthology of contemporary world haiku (Vishwakarma Publications, 2016). She won first prize in the Martin Lucas Award, 2016. Her most recent collection is the Touchstone Award shortlisted sanguinella (Red Moon Press, 2017).
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A haunting image and jux, Helen
I’ll read this one in your honour at Poetry Can lunchtime can openers today!
I don’t know if you can get down but it’s at the Central Library, and starts at noon!
Your wasp haiku reminds me of mine as well:
an attic window sill
a wasp curls
into its own dust
stripped yellow
wasp, round the door
halloween garland
The fallen angel
Beats his wings together
til pinned by you.
spring day in autumn*
red hen scratching rustling leaves–
biddies wanderlust
thanks issa(spring day in winter)