dappled lichen
an empty nest at the end
of quarantine

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Marcie Wessels

Marcie Wessels (she/her) is a children’s author and a Touchstone Award nominated poet who made her debut in skipping stones: Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2022. She recently served as Guest Editor for whiptail: journal of the single-line poem, where she regularly serves as Feature Editor.

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  1. dappled lichen
    an empty nest at the end
    of quarantine

    —Marcie Wessels

    Fab haiku! Sad, poignant, powerful.

    old concrete post
    threaded with lichen
    its new barbed wire

    Alan Summers
    Publication credits: haiku spirit #16, Eire (1999)

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