the kettle whistles
up a flickering shadow
night owl
Author: Alan Summers
Alan Summers is a Japan Times award-winning writer. He is the founder of Call of the Page, and editor of The Haiku Reader.
Website: www.callofthepage.org
Blog: https://area17.blogspot.com
THR: https://thehaikureader.blogspot.com
winter’s end
a wardrobe slaps closed
thunder
I slide a kigo
into the gun
the rill’s trick
a greenfinch moves
its green around
(Third Place, 2018 Henderson Haiku Contest, Haiku Society of America)