mockingbird an octave shy of the moon
previously published in Roadrunner Haiku Journal IX:2
Published by
Billie Dee
Billie Dee is the former Poet Laureate of the U.S. National Library Service. A retired health care worker, she earned her doctorate at U.C. Irvine, did post-doc training at U.C. San Diego. Although she writes in a variety of forms, her primary focus is Japaniform poetry. A native Californian, she now lives in the Chihuahuan Desert with her family and a betta fish named Ramon. Billie publishes online and off. View all posts by Billie Dee
Loved this before, and I love it again now!
I love it, too.
Beautiful work as always Billie.
Billie! This is wonderful!
Billie,
this is absolutely stunning!
_kala
Such a great way to begin my morning~! Thank you.
Billie, this one is very special. Thank you.
Transcendentally fun too!
dawn
the crow stays
black
brilliant…somewheres there's music ..how high the ku
This poem makes me feel like I can sing to just the word choice and the sentence fluency gets me hooked.