drunk?at noon
in my next life make me
a honeybee

 

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Jessica Malone Latham

Jessica Malone Latham, M.A. is the author of cricket song: Haiku and Short Poems from a Mother's Heart (Red Moon Press) and chapbooks, clouds of light (wooden nickel press) and all this bowing</em. (buddha baby press). Her poetry has appeared in dozens of journals and anthologies, and she is the recipient of several awards. Most recently, Jessica's poetry has been featured in the Seasons of Haiku path at Holden Arboretum in Ohio, and on Mann Library's Daily Haiku. To see more of Jessica's work, to purchase her collections, or consider taking one of her poetry courses, visit her website: www.jessicalatham.com

8 thoughts on “”

  1. Wonderful! Especially now that it's spring…

    spring afternoon
    how many birds
    in a bottle of wine

  2. Interesting ku with depth and mystery (yugen).

    honey drops
    from the rooftop
    the bitterness
    I feel gathering the
    trembling wings of the bees

    Pravat Kumar Padhy

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  3. I imagined a garden party and a bee has been attracted by the narrator's wine glass. But perhaps it's only wasps that do this? In any case, I saw this is a celebratory haiku!

    marion

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