poems
without verbs
the heat
(Originally appeared in Modern Haiku 46.2)
Published by
Joyce Clement
Joyce Clement's haiku has been published in a variety of online and print journals and anthologies. She was a featured poet in A New Resonance 7: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (Red Moon Press), and her book Beyond My View, received a Haiku Society of America's Merit Book Award. She was also a 2014 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Award winner. Since 2011, Joyce has served as a director of The Haiku Circle, an annual gathering of haiku poets held each June in Northfield, MA. Born & raised in upstate New York, she has lived & worked in central Connecticut for the last 30 years. View all posts by Joyce Clement
Love this, Joyce! Perfect for this hot and humid day, when even mustering a verb seems like too much work!
Amen! Thank you Hannah!
Weather??? This isn't about love?? :) Love it both ways…
Joyce, your five words opens the flow of others. Nice. _m
__ Just my humble view; the stream of words that flows into a poet's pool.
warm verbs
melt to worded streams
poets pool
_m
Could feel the annoyance! Nice one.
marion
Great information with extraordinary views. Thank you.