as old as I
the mirror
desilvering
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Shawn Blair
Shawn Blair’s haiku, haibun and tanka have been published in many fine journals. His work can be found in Red Moon anthologies and he has placed in various contests including those held by Golden Triangle BID, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, and Autumn Moon Haiku Journal. He is a co-host of The Haiku Foundation’s weekly haiku commentary feature, re:Virals, and is a member of the Route 9 Haiku Group with fellow poets Yu Chang, John Stevenson, Tom Clausen, Mary Stevens, Susan Yavaniski, and Ion Codrescu. The Route 9 Haiku Group publishes the biannual print journal Upstate Dim Sum. Shawn lives in upstate New York. View all posts by Shawn Blair
we in such age
full of blakned spots
once flakes of shine
…and as I gaze into the mirror
I’m silvering
and spotting…
your haiku touched me deeply
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