spritz of perfume
in her hair
lighter days
Author: Jessica Malone Latham
Jessica Malone Latham, M.A. is the author of cricket song: Haiku and Short Poems from a Mother's Heart (Red Moon Press) and chapbooks, clouds of light (wooden nickel press) and all this bowing</em. (buddha baby press). Her poetry has appeared in dozens of journals and anthologies, and she is the recipient of several awards. Most recently, Jessica's poetry has been featured in the Seasons of Haiku path at Holden Arboretum in Ohio, and on Mann Library's Daily Haiku. To see more of Jessica's work, to purchase her collections, or consider taking one of her poetry courses, visit her website: www.jessicalatham.com
marriage anniversary
mom melts the old candles
together
silent clouds
the sharp pop
of a hunter’s gun
quince buds
trying to explain
my hobbies
french lavender . . .
in love with a song
I don’t understand
drunk at noon
in my next life make me
a honeybee
skipping stones…
the weight
of father’s words
I tell my son
it’s okay to be fragile…
basil blossoms
week fourteen
my wine glass
full of water