last time through
the corn maze . . .
All Hallow’s Eve
Author: Sally Biggar
Sally Biggar lives in the mid-coast region of Maine. in 2010 she began writing short-form Japanese poetry (haiku, senryu and tanka) and to occasionally participate in The Haiku Foundation's renku sessions. She was included in Haiku 2024: 100 notable ku from 2023. Most recently her poems have appeared in Akitsu Quarterly, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, cattails, eucalypt, Kokako, Petals, Poetry Pea Journal, the art of tanka, The Heron's Nest, and tinywords.
move-in day
everything I own
seen
in a different
light
(Originally published in GUSTS No. 33, Spring/Summer 2021)
my daughter
can’t read cursive
imagine my sorrow
my notes in her baby book
are gibberish to her
(From A Thousand Voices, Tanka Society
seeing my dentist
of twenty years
on the beach
I recognize
his eyes
the
librarian
shakes
sand
out
of
my
over
due
b
o
o
k
tears
when
we
have
to
leave
your
height
chart
on
the
door
jamb
emptying her house
all our resentments
packed away
spinning
a carousel
of postcards
I see my town
as a tourist
(originally appeared in bottle rockets, #32, Feb 2015)
childrenamongtherowsofsoldierslaidtorest
(originally published in Daily Haiku, Dec 21, 2013)