from aster
to zinnia
the hummingbird
Author: Jennifer Burd
Jennifer Burd has had poetry published in a variety of print and online journals, including Beloit Poetry Journal, Acorn, and Modern Haiku. She placed as a semifinalist in the World Monument Fund's 2012 haiku contest and tied for second place in Bluestem literary magazine's 2012 postcard poetry contest. She is the author of a book of poems, Body and Echo, and a book of creative nonfiction, Daily Bread: A Portrait of Homeless Men & Women of Lenawee County, Michigan. She works as an editor and writer for HighScope Educational Research Foundation in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
sliver moon
a door opens
at dawn
family tree
the leaves
that brought me here
small-town diner
she tells us we can take
any seat we like
separating
night and day
comma moon
as I plan my day
an ant travels the globe
of the peony bud
first light
touching the arm
of the housebuilder
winter solstice —
the day lengthened
by snow light
running a stick
across the slats —
spring peepers