lingering jet lag —
the clunk of a foreign coin
in the clothes dryer
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Julie Bloss Kelsey
Julie Bloss Kelsey discovered haiku through reading scifaiku and fell in love with both short forms. She is the author of three short-form poetry collections: The Call of Wildflowers (Title IX Press, 2020), Grasping the Fading Light: A Journey Through PTSD (Sable Books, 2023), and After Curfew (Cuttlefish Books, 2023). She currently writes a bi-monthly column, New to Haiku, for The Haiku Foundation, where she is on the Board of Directors. You can find her on Instagram (@julieblosskelsey) or X (@MamaJoules).
Her first book, The Call of Wildflowers is available for free through her website.
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Just wonderful!
Lovely! Not a clunker!
Thanks! My husband travels a lot for work and he seldom empties his pockets … :)
lingering jet lag —
the clunk of a foreign coin
in the clothes dryer
—JULIE BLOSS KELSEY
I got jet lag off my wife, even though I hadn't travelled with her, so we both had lingering travel lag.
Love the clunk in the clothes dryer, whether a laundromat or a domestic home one, it brings out the various metallic sounds we get from belt buckles and some buttons as well. And the lint, always the lint.
Great capture of a return from abroad!