sunshaft
        a stab
            of joy

 

 

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Christopher Patchel

Christopher Patchel is an award-winning haikai poet whose work has appeared in leading journals, contests, and anthologies over the past twenty years. His collection, Turn Turn, was a Touchstone Distinguished Book Award finalist. From 2016 to 2018 he was editor of Frogpond, the journal of the Haiku Society of America. Apropos of his profession as a graphic artist, he created the cover art for Frogpond from 2012 to 2018.

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  1. How delightful! Or even delightfully wicked?! "Stab", indeed! A sunshaft does resemble something capable of piercing flesh! And sometimes joy does creep up on us.
    The surprise of it can be so jarring it makes us mindful of sensation again perhaps after an interval of numbness to emotion, similar to the way extreme cold can burn. And similar to the way the word "joy"
    jumps out at the end of this poem. A power-packed 5-word poem!

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