in tall grass
road signs for the diner
closed last year
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Gary Hotham
Gary Hotham has been involved with English language haiku for many years. He was named the 2022-2023 Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives at California State Library in Sacramento.[https://www.americanhaikuarchives.org/curators/GaryHotham.html ] And Brooks Books recently published his selected haiku, Our Backs to the Wind. [https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/brooksbooks/Hotham-SelectedHaiku.html ] View all posts by Gary Hotham
Immediately reminded me of this one, and I was so frustrated! :-)
in the tropical air
rainbow lorikeets–
a mango restaurant closed
Alan Summers
First publication credit: Mirrors ed. Jane Reichhold
Anthology: snow on the water, The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 1998
(from Into Sunlight – the unfinished renga)
Pamphlet collection: Moonlighting, Intimations Pamphlet Series, British Haiku Society, (1996)
Collection: sundog haiku journal: an australian year (sunfast press 1997 reprinted 1998)
morning dew
on yesterday’s bouquet –
cemetery bunny