all that’s left
in the bait bucket –
a pelican’s breath
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Kathryn J. Stevens
Kathryn J. Stevens worked in marketing communications with IBM and before that with one of the divisions of The State University of New York at Albany. Her poems have been published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Ribbons, Haibun Today, Contemporary Haibun Online,The Heron?s Nest and KYSO Flash. She currently lives with her husband and elderly cat in Cary, North Carolina.
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all that’s left
in the bait bucket –
a pelican’s breath
—Kathryn J. Stevens
A nod to Matsuo BashÅ, of course. and a wonderfully "sensory" haiku!
Also love the consonance of the b's!
bravissimo!!!
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flowering bull nettles
all that meditation
in the cat’s back
Alan Summers
Presence #46 2012 ed. Martin Lucas
(early Summer kigo)
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a little blue dust
on the mantelpiece
all that’s left
the bucket’s wetness, the smell of the bait and the warmth of the pelican’s breath make a wonderful mix to reveal a natural story. Loved it!
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in the length of a breath shooting star
all that’s left
in the bait bucket –
a pelican’s breath
—Kathryn J. Stevens
A nod to Matsuo BashÅ, of course. and a wonderfully "sensory" haiku!
Also love the consonance of the b's!
bravissimo!!!
*
flowering bull nettles
all that meditation
in the cat’s back
Alan Summers
Presence #46 2012 ed. Martin Lucas
(early Summer kigo)
*
a little blue dust
on the mantelpiece
all that’s left
Alan Summers
Haiku Scout Report #2 (May 2015)
Kathryn, loved this when I read it on Inkstone. Love it still. I agree with Alan, that it's a terrific sensory poem.
all legs squeek
as the pelican stretches
grazing over load
__Necessary to "re-fit" … strides above those over loads.
the bucket’s wetness, the smell of the bait and the warmth of the pelican’s breath make a wonderful mix to reveal a natural story. Loved it!
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in the length of a breath shooting star