whirling snow
divorce papers fall
from a red folder

Originally published in Snow Days: Haiku and Tanka for Winter

Published by

Roberta Beary

Roberta Beary lives in Mayo, Ireland. Their work appears in Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less (New York Times, 2020) and One Breath: Notes from the Reluctant Engagement Project (Doire Press/ Clan Beo, 2021) which pairs their haiku with artwork by families of people with disabilities.

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  1. HI Roberta — much enjoying reading the Archives for tinywords.

    In your poem, you've chosen a startling image and red as a color has much layered meaning; here, particularly, the heart.

    Here is another place that red startled me recently:

    At the Beethoven quartet
    the violinist's red shoes
    keeping time

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