dusk crawls across the field crickets
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Jo Balistreri
Mary Jo Balistreri has has had three books of poetry published and a chapbook. In 2015 she began studying haiku and today it is almost exclusively her poetry of choice. Recent poems of her have appeared in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Presence, Blithe Spirit, Whiptail, and bottle rockets. She has been honored in New Resonance 12, 2020 and The Red Moon Anthology of English Language haiku, 2021. View all posts by Jo Balistreri
Oh, so lovely. And I can feel the heat of a summer evening in those cricket voices too.
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I'm always a sucker for a poem that mentions dusk!
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dusk crawls across the field crickets
—MARY JO BALISTRERI
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Certain verbs can take away the power of a haiku, while others elevate them. Crawls is a great verb choice, and together with dusk, and I've seen it crawl, this is a great "movement" haiku!
Alan
Me too, Alan!
I could almost see the dusk creeping over each stem of wheat.
marion
:-)
Excellent! Really enjoyed this.
Nice!
Start of wakefulness …
Sound of darkness …
Thank you for your kind comments.
ocean waves
dusk falls
shadows the sand ??
So lovely!