roadside perch the hitchhiker’s distant stare
Author: Roland Packer
Roland lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For over 40 years he has worked as a professional musician in various roles; performer, teacher and composer. He has been writing haiku since the early 80s and has authored a mini-chapbook,"Wayfarers" (Phafours Press, 2017) and a full-length collection, "no heroic measures" (Red Moon Press, 2024).
the priest
motions a blessing
aftermath
quarantine
an orange peel
fills the room
autumn stars
she hopes to go
in her sleep
diamond ring
all the facets
of desire
leaving
the wayfarers’ chapel
moonlight
hum
in the honeysuckle
first day of school
the now she returns to dementia
a murder of crows night comes to pieces
fish tank
the four corners
of the world
moon shadow where the singer takes a breath
elegy
the boy soprano’s
highest note
kitchen moon
a cricket sings
from my shoe
outlasting
everyone she loved –
heartwood
fairy lights
on a sapling…
her prom dress
fireworks…
phantasms turn
to gunsmoke
aftershocks…
the segue from rescue
to recovery
someone stirs
in the darkened house…
All Hallows’ Eve
the long shadow
of a flower vendor
Mother’s Day
a sack
of windfall apples
Sabbath
sent home
affairs in order
spring snowman
tarpaulins
in the evening rain
street fair
slide
of the crooner
year’s end