smile lines
an old farmer’s
roadside pumpkins
Author: Shawn Blair
Shawn Blair’s haiku, haibun and senryu have been published in many fine journals. His work can be found in Red Moon anthologies and he has placed in various contests including Golden Haiku, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Kaji Aso Studio, and Autumn Moon. Since 2024 he is a member of the Route 9 Haiku Group with fellow poets Yu Chang, John Stevenson, Tom Clausen, Mary Stevens, Susan Yavaniski, and Ion Codrescu. The group publishes the biannual print journal Upstate Dim Sum. Shawn lives in upstate New York.
cold night
on the dunes
a book of constellations
errors in the translation winter rain
as old as I
the mirror
desilvering
the lee side
of a wreck
beach roses
small brook . . .
a wren’s beak dips
into the babbling