spring breeze–
the pull of her hand
as we near the pet store
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Michael Dylan Welch
Michael Dylan Welch served two terms as poet laureate of Redmond, Washington, where he has curated monthly SoulFood Poetry Night readings since 2006 and was president of the Redmond Association of Spokenword for more than 15 years. His books include True Colour, a collection of solo rengay, and Seven Suns, Seven Moons. He founded and continues to direct the annual Seabeck Haiku Getaway, runs National Haiku Writing Month (www.nahaiwrimo.com), and serves as a director of the biennial Haiku North America conference. He has been keynote speaker for the Haiku International Association conference in Tokyo, and in 2012 one of his translations from the Japanese appeared on the back of 150 million U.S. postage stamps. His personal website is www.graceguts.com, devoted mostly to poetry. View all posts by Michael Dylan Welch
I remember this one well! Great to see it on Tinywords.
I love this one.
Nice haiku. I had always read this as one of your “girlfriend” poems, but that was because you weren’t married when first I read this ;-)
Just love your haiku.
little girl’s delight
soft fur and
puppy kisses
Lovely Michael!
This is one of my favourites.
-kala
and one of my favorites… such a heart-tug –
michael, aren’t all females someones “little girl”.
–
morning-glory
along this spring path
she calls my name
Good to be able to revisit this haiku.
Alan
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