moonshine
answering the loon
as a loon

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P. H. Fischer

P. H. Fischer lives in Vancouver, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples. He is co-editor of Prune Juice Journal. His poetry is published in leading international haiku/senryu/haibun journals and anthologies including Haiku 2023, skipping stone: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2022, and Contemporary Haibun 18. He is the winner of the Vancouver category of the 2022 Haiku Invitational of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, and has served as a guest editor with The Haiku Foundation's Haiku Dialogue. Find him on Instagram @p.h.fischer

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  1. ha! love this. both the story it tells and the perfectly chiseled language it uses to tell that story moment.

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  3. What a great poem to bring in the new year!

    And please excuse me, my tiny fizz…

    mountain lake
    full of the moon
    a loon’s call

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  4. Thanks, Agnes, Mary Jo and Martin! I appreciate your comments and am glad you like the poem. Happy New Year! Best wishes, Peter

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