forsythia bush
chirping
yellow
Author: 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.
neighbor’s yard
three white butterflies
braid the air
spider
in a web
trapping stars
(Originally published in Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2020)
brooding
over world events
cicadas
(Won First Place in the Gerald Brady Senryu Contest (2021), Haiku Society of America)
needling the cat
from the pine tree
mockingbird