phosphorescence
a firefly alights
on the periodic table
Author: Melissa Allen
Melissa Allen lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband and teenage son and is a graduate student working toward a master?s degree in library science. She writes the haiku blog Red Dragonfly. She is also the news editor of haijinx, the Bulletin Editor for the Haiku Society of America, and serves on the board of the American Haiku Archives.
perched
at the tip
of summer
red-winged
blackbird
west wind
the rain arrives
without you