old age
daylight we can’t keep
in the room
Author: 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 2025 Brooks Books published his selected haiku, Our Backs to the Wind. [https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/brooksbooks/Hotham-SelectedHaiku.html ]
older
the same stars
my parents had
in tall grass
road signs for the diner
closed last year
first blossom
to droop
birthday bouquet
understanding night
almost the last
firefly
spring melt
snow moving out of
its silence