dawn chill
the potter returns
to her kiln
(Honorable Mention, Morioka Award, 2021)
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Helen Buckingham
Helen Buckingham lives in Wells, UK. Her work appears regularly in journals and anthologies including: Frogpond, The Heron's Nest, Modern Haiku, Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years (W.W. Norton, 2013) and nada annunaad: an anthology of contemporary world haiku (Vishwakarma Publications, 2016). She won first prize in the Martin Lucas Award, 2016. Her most recent collection is the Touchstone Award shortlisted sanguinella (Red Moon Press, 2017).
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Lovely echoes and contrasts between 'chill' and 'kiln'. Beautifully crafted.
Grand Helen, sensed thought's trigger_!
rings of thought
encircle each reader's mind
the writer's kiln.
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