swiftly down
a newly paved road, the moon
on a rim of haze
Author: Debi Bender
D.W. Bender (lacewing at paperlanterns.net) is Development Advisor for the World Haiku Club and the Editor-in-Chief of its online magazine, the World Haiku Review. Her personal website is Paper Lanterns. An artist and poet, Debi lives in Orlando, Florida, USA.
February Moon;
lovers walk on the dark side
of the street
counting breaths
or not counting; cockscombs,
poets come and go
chopping block
cook and cod exchange
a long look
street sweeper
showering the pavement, fragrance
of summer rain
winter sun
a blanket covers
the bearded iris
frog after frog
echoes across the pond
rings of moonlight
homeless shelter
a bowl of cat food
outside the door
chill wind
beneath the monk’s robe
a naked monk
is that a dewdrop
or the evening star nestled
in the northern pine?