sad news from home–
my student takes the chalk
and draws me Africa

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Barry George

Barry George is a regular contributor to the leading English-language haiku journals. His work has appeared in German, French, Romanian, and Japanese translations; in A New Resonance 2: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (United States), and The New Haiku (United Kingdom); and in numerous annual Red Moon Anthologies. He has been a winner in the Gerald Brady, Betty Drevniok, Mainichi Daily News, and Kaji Aso Studio contests, as well as a Poetry Finalist for the Pew Fellowships in the Arts. A featured poet at the 2007 Robert Frost Poetry Festival in Key West, Florida, he lives in Philadelphia.

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  1. ZAPPAI
    English rain
    in the leaves the wind
    has left the sky

    In the wee hours (despite prudence:) a documentary was watched at the cost of sleep. It’s name was ZEITGEIST[.com] – it was good..

    (I don’t know what to say Barry)

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  2. I teach ESL to immigrant adults. This is my favourite haiku I’ve read in a long time! Who needs say more? Thanks!

    Hank

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  3. september dawn
    through the haze
    frogs croak

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    cross the valley autumn spreads–
    mockingbird song

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    cool twilight
    at woods-edge
    one, no two, orange butterflies

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