beach meditation
the mantra
of waves
Author: Claudette Russell
Claudette Russell is a retired high school English teacher who lives with her husband in Goodwin State Forest in Hampton, Connecticut. Her work has appeared in various print and online journals. She also collaborates with her husband to create haiga.
book club
a lengthy discussion
about the refreshments
family reunion
a buffet
of personalities
late summer
sunflowers
make their entrance
sunrise yoga
my body bends
into daylight
train ride
pulling away
from my past
wildflowers
the friends we make
by chance
rainy day
my loneliness
stays inside
wildflowers
never make
promises
old love letters
your words
in light and shadow
photo by Frank Russell
family photograph
all our smiles
framed in a lie
my brother’s eulogy
all the reasons
I should have kept in touch
in our new house
unpacking
the familiar
obituary
things about my father
I never knew
gossiping among themselves
their stories
centuries old
Photo: The Three Gossips
Arches National Park
Moab, UT
after the funeral
the task of managing
her secrets
moonlight—
trying not to analyze
the kiss
milkweed
leaving everything
behind
sunlit lake
not a ripple
in my thoughts
rooftop garden—
climbing the stairs
back to nature
last bloom—
closing
the shears
butterfly —
the way you leave
and come back
silent snow
the coldness
between us
filling the bird feeder–
snow finds the hole
in my mitten
open window
call of the owl
in my dream
green thumb
an hour of
podding peas
free samples inside–
a homeless man
fills his pockets