winter night?
late in the Scrabble game
I draw the Q

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Patricia J. Machmiller

Patricia J. Machmiller began writing haiku in 1975 with Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi, founders of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society. With Jerry Ball, and now Emiko Miyashita, she writes a regular column of haiku commentary, ?Dojin?s Corner,? for GEPPO, the newsletter of YTHS. Her book of haiku, Blush of Winter Moon, is published by Jacaranda Press. With Fay Aoyagi she has translated the haiku of Kiyoko Tokutomi, Kiyoko?s Sky (Brooks Books, 2002). She has three books of haiga, Mountain Trail: Following the Master (www.lulu.com), The Sweet Reverence of Little Birds (www.lulu.com), and Wild Heart of One Bird Singing (www.lulu.com). The last two books were done in collaboration with the artist, Floy Zittin, and the calligrapher, Martha Dahlen. She is also a brush painter and printmaker; her artwork, including some haiga, can be seen at www.patriciajmachmiller.com.

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  1. This sure brings back memories. Nicely done.

    Blessings ~ Wendy ?

    Darkness settles
    our snow covered garden sleeps
    I pull on a quilt

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    From childhood games (well chess is for adults too) to possibly losing the moon at poker on a train:

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    childhood games–
    I match a yellow shirt
    with today

    Alan Summers
    Icebox inbox –26, Hailstone Haiku Group (Japan, August 2012)

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    copper-bottom moon
    a poker game for matches
    on the train

    Alan Summers
    haijinx volume IV, issue 1 (2011)

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    As a once club-level player at Scrabble I do have a few Q-words up my sleeve, but ouch! Sometimes the timing isn't so good.

    Wonderful haiku. I also feel there is a subtle undergrowth of extra meaning too.

    winter night—
    late in the Scrabble game
    I draw the Q

    —PJM

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