coming home …
the outspread arms
of a shrimp boat

 

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Julie Schwerin

Julie Warther Schwerin served as Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America (www.hsa-haiku.org), is an associate editor at The Heron's Nest (www.theheronsnest.com) and was instrumental in establishing The Forest Haiku Walk in Millersburg, Ohio (https://www.innathoneyrun.com/open-air-art-museum/haiku-walk/) and the Seasons of Haiku Trail at The Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio. (http://www.holdenarb.org/seasons-of-haiku-interpretive-trail/)

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  1. Haha! Yes. I understand. We don’t see many of these on Lake Erie. Jekyll Island, Georgia, however, is my home away from home.

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    coming home …
    the outspread arms
    of a shrimp boat

    —JULIE WARTHER

    A very British scene too! :-)

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    I'm reminded of a converted mine sweeper, force 8 gales up top, and giant prawn curry sailing into a French port and even as a child, shocking the old sailors that a 12 year old could drink big glasses of wine with schnapps. :-)

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    No rice wine here…

    the in-between season
    I follow the Mogami River
    by riceboat

    n.b. [the small gap between Summer and Autumn if the tsukutsukubôshi cicadas
    at Sumadera are heard to ‘sing’ (which I did)]

    Alan Summers
    Publications credits: World Haiku Review Japan Article Vending machines and cicadas (2003); Travelogue on World Haiku Festival 2002 (Akita International Haiku Network, Part 1, Japan 2010); The In-Between Season (With Words Pamphlet Series 2012).

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  3. Really nicely done, Julie!
    Thank you for this pom, Julie!!
    And thank you for making me win again, Julie!!!
    I love these contests so much!!!! They are so unbiased!!!!!
    I make you win and compliment on your poem, and in return you make me win and compliment on my poem!!!!!! It's a win-win!!!!!!!
    For us I mean, Julie…
    And for the talented naive losers who don't belong to our circles, Julie, you can say again your old slogan: "these pomes will surely find their home somewhere else, bye! Julie"

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