halfpipe
a snowboarder …
Author: Patricia J. Machmiller
Patricia J. Machmiller began writing haiku in 1975 with Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi, founders of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society. With Jerry Ball, and now Emiko Miyashita, she writes a regular column of haiku commentary, Dojin's Corner, for GEPPO, the newsletter of YTHS. Her book of haiku, Blush of Winter Moon, is published by Jacaranda Press. With Fay Aoyagi she has translated the haiku of Kiyoko Tokutomi, Kiyoko's Sky (Brooks Books, 2002). She has three books of haiga, Mountain Trail: Following the Master (www.lulu.com), The Sweet Reverence of Little Birds (www.lulu.com), and Wild Heart of One Bird Singing (www.lulu.com). The last two books were done in collaboration with the artist, Floy Zittin, and the calligrapher, Martha Dahlen. She is also a brush painter and printmaker; her artwork, including some haiga, can be seen at www.patriciajmachmiller.com.
every day
more like a crone…
three beach chairs
empty,…
expanse of snow
unmarked…
beachcombing
within the…
yellow-leafed forest
beneath…
the mathematics
of wings…
snow-capped mountain
she…
magnolia allée
the deep …
autumn evening—
the man …
banana split
the child in…
out of the blue
my son calls—…
tulip magnolia–…
end of summer–
the…
snow moon —
the light from…
the farmhouse
where he was…
the blue pine’s
gnarled…
as if lost
it wanders through…
bare trees
the credits for…
a man by his mailbox
reads…
rose garden
old friends…
winter night —
late in the…