brooding
over world events
cicadas
(Won First Place in the Gerald Brady Senryu Contest (2021), Haiku Society of America)
Published by
Amy Losak
Amy Losak is a healthcare public relations consultant. In 2021, Amy won first place in the Haiku Society of America’s annual Gerald Brady memorial senryu contest. Amy’s and her late mother Sydell Rosenberg’s (a charter member of HSA) three books are: H Is For Haiku(Penny Candy Books, 2018; illustrated by Sawsan Chalabi; Amy wrote the introduction). This picture book was honored in 2019 by the National Council for Teachers of English as a “Notable Poetry Book.” Poised Across the Sky (Kattywompus Press, 2020. Syd’s mostly haiku and senryu chapbook.) Wing Strokes Haiku(Kelsay Books, 2022. A collaborative collection.) Amy also is a member of a group of Jewish authors, all women, who are “crazy” about children’s books: The Book Meshuggenahs: www.thebookmeshuggenahs.com. It serves as a resource for kids, families, and communities. View all posts by Amy Losak
Nicely done, Amy
Thanks so much, Kala. Your compliment means the world to me. Amy Losak
Not mentioned here, but actually this got to 1st Place!
First Place
brooding
over world events
cicadas
Amy Losak
2021 Gerald Brady Senryu Contest, Haiku Society of America
A neat senryū with the white noise of certain political commentators etc… who may or may not be cicadas, or at least as noisy!
Exactly, Alan! Thank you so much.
The sound of cicadas feels like a great sense of relief here, Amy. Good one!
marion
what could’ve been said..
she dumpsters her dad’s
National Geographics