Matthew Moffett lives in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with his wife, two kids, and a Shetland sheepdog. His work has previously appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Bones, and Sonic Boom, among others.
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white chalk
on this asphalt
outlines
his long pain
down to the curb
Wonderful! I'm reminded of mysterious chalk drawings and messages about me, when I was a young builder, from my workplace to my home. I found out who at a later time, and we went out for five years! :-)
That added word of "at" is intriguing!
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the summer continuous reel of road Jack
Alan Summers
"Mistero due volte" haikai series
Weird Laburnum (November 2019)
white chalk
on this asphalt
outlines
his long pain
down to the curb
Love this ku… summer is far too fleeting.
someone’s name in chalk at the end of summer
—MATTHEW MOFFETT
Wonderful! I'm reminded of mysterious chalk drawings and messages about me, when I was a young builder, from my workplace to my home. I found out who at a later time, and we went out for five years! :-)
That added word of "at" is intriguing!
*
the summer continuous reel of road Jack
Alan Summers
"Mistero due volte" haikai series
Weird Laburnum (November 2019)
Nice.
Yeah–sweet.
Thanks for the kind words, all. –Matthew