November walk —
settling for what’s left
of the bittersweet
(2nd Place Winner of the 2012 Robert Frost International Poetry Contest)
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Stanford M. Forrester
Stanford M. Forrester is a past president of the Haiku Society of America as well as the editor of bottle rockets: a collection of short verse, which boasts its 14th year in print. Stanford has had poems published in many journals and anthologies worldwide. He perhaps is most proud of his haiku being included in Haiku edited by Peter Washington in the Everyman?s Pocket Poetry Series published by Knopf and American Zen: A Gathering of Poets published by Bottomdog Press. In 2004 he took first seat in the 57th Annual Basho Anthology Contest in Ueno, Japan and in 2012, one of his haiku won second place in the International Robert Frost Poetry & Haiku contest. View all posts by Stanford M. Forrester
Wonderful!
Love it!
That late fall sense of triste is so well-captured. Lovely.
Lovely, and subtly humorous as well.
Yes, a lovely poem.