the wishbone
heart
of winter
Author: j. zimmerman
J. Zimmerman is a poet, essayist, and critic. She was the first poet-in-residence for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. With Gregory Longenecker she authored the Frogpond article "A Disarmingly Simple Challenge: The Buson One Hundred" and is thrilled at how many poets have taken "The Buson One Hundred Challenge" to write ten haiku a day for one hundred days. Her article "Gender of Poets Winning Haiku and Senryu Contests" will appear in a 2019 issue of Presence.
burning leaves
a stranger at Auschwitz
asks me where I’m from
mosquito
his little theater
of cruelty
winter camping
the dark matter
that hums to us
global warming
the delicate oars
of this lifeboat
he tells me
he’s forced to retire
falling-leaf moon
yin and yang
snow paints
the coal yard
spring fever
he offers me
a micro-dose