sad news from home–
my student takes the chalk
and draws me Africa
Author: Barry George
Barry George is a regular contributor to the leading English-language haiku journals. His work has appeared in German, French, Romanian, and Japanese translations; in A New Resonance 2: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (United States), and The New Haiku (United Kingdom); and in numerous annual Red Moon Anthologies. He has been a winner in the Gerald Brady, Betty Drevniok, Mainichi Daily News, and Kaji Aso Studio contests, as well as a Poetry Finalist for the Pew Fellowships in the Arts. A featured poet at the 2007 Robert Frost Poetry Festival in Key West, Florida, he lives in Philadelphia.
ocean sundown–
a child jumping up
for one last look
worn driftwood–
a bird the river has carved
above the falls
home addition–
the carpenter’s math
penciled on drywall
full moon–
all of the cats on the roof
appear white
long before daybreak
the local rooster
starts warming up
wasp
reflected gold
in morning sunlight
a fan blows in
the street’s scent
summer rain
reflected
in the toaster’s shine
two ripe tomatoes
a store alarm
ringing and ringing–
May rain
rainy playground–
a patch of new grass
hides the softball
spring in the square–
a child’s orange tricycle
scattering pigeons
March thaw–
on a sofa left for trash
sits melting snow