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Category: Issue 20.2

Welcome to tinywords 20.2

Congratulations to Michael Henry Lee and Jennifer Thompson who open the new issue with their winning poems inspired by our photo prompt.
Posted on 27 September 202026 September 2020Author The EditorsCategories Editor's Notes, Issue 20.211 Comments on Welcome to tinywords 20.2
late summer sunflowers make their entrance  
Posted on 28 September 202023 September 2020Author Claudette RussellCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
the closed-up amusement park cicadas roar  
Posted on 29 September 202023 September 2020Author Bob RedmondCategories Issue 20.211 Comments on
fireflies on the outskirts of a moment  
Posted on 30 September 202023 September 2020Author Julie SchwerinCategories Issue 20.212 Comments on
lemonade stand the play of light and shadow on her masked face  
Posted on 1 October 202023 September 2020Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 20.28 Comments on
dandelion field September floats away  
Posted on 4 October 20204 October 2020Author Greg SchwartzCategories Issue 20.26 Comments on
a sad song on repeat September leaves    
Posted on 5 October 202028 September 2020Author Rich SchillingCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
COVID summer swinging from the tetherball pole a length of spider web  
Posted on 6 October 202028 September 2020Author Mary StevensCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
faint stars the sidewalk stains of wild mulberries    
Posted on 7 October 202028 September 2020Author martin gottlieb cohenCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
thin summer bargaining for more  
Posted on 8 October 202028 September 2020Author Beverly Acuff MomoiCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
covid summer recycling travel brochures
Posted on 9 October 202028 September 2020Author Kathryn J. StevensCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
breezy sunshine on baseball’s opening day cutout fans
Posted on 12 October 202028 September 2020Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
stealing home the dragonfly darts from reeds to shore
Posted on 13 October 202028 September 2020Author Stephen S. PowerCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
dugout chatter house sparrows
Posted on 14 October 202028 September 2020Author Jeff HoaglandCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
the barn owl shaking his head debate night
Posted on 15 October 202028 September 2020Author Bill CooperCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
harvest moon laughter bubbles from the neighbor’s hot tub  
Posted on 16 October 202028 September 2020Author Julie MellorCategories Issue 20.210 Comments on
autumn in the air a flit-dip of chickadees
Posted on 19 October 20203 October 2020Author Marianne PaulCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
old kite that never flew … early autumn
Posted on 20 October 20203 October 2020Author Lucia CardilloCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
yellow flecks the evening sky fallen apples    
Posted on 21 October 20203 October 2020Author Robert WitmerCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
hard frost a blue tarp saddles the old barn’s roof  
Posted on 22 October 20203 October 2020Author Joyce ClementCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
fox tracks … who was I before I was tamed? (haiga)
Posted on 23 October 20207 November 2020Author Annette MakinoCategories Issue 20.2Tags haiga2 Comments on
not yet ready to head back inside coyote mind  
Posted on 26 October 20203 October 2020Author Ben GaaCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
pandemic the welcome mat removed  
Posted on 27 October 20203 October 2020Author Joanne MorcomCategories Issue 20.214 Comments on
face mask the eyes reveal only so much    
Posted on 28 October 20203 October 2020Author Sandy Brian HagerCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
trick-or-treating the warmth of the skeleton’s hand  
Posted on 29 October 20203 October 2020Author Michelle SchaeferCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
All Hallow’s Eve the demons not wearing their masks
Posted on 30 October 20203 October 2020Author Marianne PaulCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
gradually i resemble the corpse i will be    
Posted on 2 November 20203 November 2020Author Vijay PrasadCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
plague year another wave from the President
Posted on 3 November 20203 November 2020Author Tracy DavidsonCategories Issue 20.27 Comments on
wind in the wind chimes early morning thoughts of the afterlife    
Posted on 4 November 20204 October 2020Author Kristen LindquistCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
lost in the corn maze autumn wind  
Posted on 5 November 20203 October 2020Author David GrossCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on

tanka

gloomy morning a windchime paddle loses its momentum we long for life as it was and the return to normal (tanka with painting)
Posted on 7 November 20207 November 2020Author an'yaCategories Issue 20.2Tags haiga4 Comments on tanka
updating my employment status falling leaves  
Posted on 9 November 20203 October 2020Author Rashmi VesaCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
morning mist we step into nothing    
Posted on 10 November 20203 October 2020Author Seanan ForbesCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
a soldier’s return hill-country bluebonnets line the road  
Posted on 11 November 20203 October 2020Author dl mattilaCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
the ones saved for the confessional war stories
Posted on 12 November 20203 October 2020Author Alexander B. JoyCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
fireworks… phantasms turn to gunsmoke      
Posted on 13 November 20203 October 2020Author Roland PackerCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on

20 years of tinywords!

November 2020 marks the 20th?year of publication for?tinywords.
Posted on 14 November 20207 November 2020Author The EditorsCategories Editor's Notes, Issue 20.233 Comments on 20 years of tinywords!
thunder I slide a kigo into the gun  
Posted on 16 November 20203 October 2020Author Alan SummersCategories Issue 20.231 Comments on
I am the city twice born imprisoned with no key to return a nonchalant moon passes through
Posted on 17 November 20203 October 2020Author Kala RameshCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
new inmate on the inside of her wrists butterfly tattoos    
Posted on 18 November 20203 October 2020Author Mark MillerCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
in the dark the sound gun’s safety    
Posted on 19 November 20203 October 2020Author David OatesCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
downtime the conflict rages (haiga)
Posted on 20 November 202026 March 2022Author Ray CaligiuriCategories Issue 20.2Tags haiga, monoku5 Comments on
lockdown - a tin can rolling back and forth with the wind
Posted on 23 November 20203 October 2020Author Lorin FordCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
supermarket queue within our circles within ourselves    
Posted on 24 November 20203 October 2020Author Madhuri PillaiCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
autumn a little more paprika        
Posted on 25 November 20203 October 2020Author Rich SchillingCategories Issue 20.26 Comments on
“Essential” — a short haibun by Jonathan Roman
Posted on 26 November 20203 October 2020Author Jonathan RomanCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
lifting the tips of a spruce tree’s needles November sun  
Posted on 27 November 20203 October 2020Author Katrina ShepherdCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
a rustling from within deep autumn      
Posted on 30 November 20203 October 2020Author Jeff HoaglandCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
crowded cafĂ© a fly goes in and out of our conversation      
Posted on 1 December 202022 May 2025Author Bob LuckyCategories Issue 20.26 Comments on
spider in a web trapping stars       (Originally published in Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2020)
Posted on 2 December 20203 October 2020Author Amy LosakCategories Issue 20.212 Comments on
midnight a dog barks the freight train’s length      
Posted on 3 December 20204 October 2020Author Michael BaeyensCategories Issue 20.28 Comments on
humpback moon into the krill’s silence distant song      
Posted on 4 December 202012 December 2022Author martin gottlieb cohenCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
higher tides crabs scuttling on asphalt      
Posted on 7 December 20203 October 2020Author Lorraine A PaddenCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
storm surge– the rising cost of beach sand    
Posted on 8 December 20203 October 2020Author Sam BatemanCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
blistering heat a little bounce in the asphalt        
Posted on 9 December 20203 October 2020Author Sondra J. ByrnesCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
melting glaciers the river styx widens        
Posted on 10 December 20203 October 2020Author Gregory LongeneckerCategories Issue 20.27 Comments on
all the plans we thought we had sandcastles (haiga)
Posted on 11 December 20207 November 2020Author Barbara KaufmannCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
art installation learning again what I don’t know    
Posted on 14 December 20203 October 2020Author Alanna C BurkeCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
art installation learning again what I don’t know      
Posted on 14 December 20204 October 2020Author Alanna C BurkeCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
library room- i read her page by page  
Posted on 15 December 20203 October 2020Author Kashinath KarmakarCategories Issue 20.210 Comments on
first raindrop words then the story sinks in    
Posted on 16 December 20203 October 2020Author kjmunroCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
lab report … in my sister’s voice winter rain    
Posted on 17 December 20203 October 2020Author Kathryn J. StevensCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
paper cut the medical bill’s sharp edge  
Posted on 18 December 20203 October 2020Author Jennifer ThompsonCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
dried flowers all that remains of my prayers    
Posted on 21 December 20203 October 2020Author Priya NarayananCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
on the walking path I disappear inside my mask      
Posted on 22 December 20203 October 2020Author Elizabeth McMunn-TetangcoCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
sheltering the white flutter of prayer flags    
Posted on 23 December 20203 October 2020Author Jo BalistreriCategories Issue 20.27 Comments on
folding prayers. . . a thousand paper cranes kindling this flame for peace  
Posted on 24 December 20203 October 2020Author Don MillerCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
Beyond fault lines and the unbearable weight of the body the wish for wings to carry us home … (tanka image)
Posted on 25 December 20207 November 2020Author Autumn Noelle HallCategories Issue 20.2Tags haiga, tanka9 Comments on
thin edge of entropy winter stars
Posted on 28 December 202027 December 2020Author Ann K. SchwaderCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
chimes the wind in place
Posted on 29 December 202027 December 2020Author Elmedin KadricCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
vineyard tasting the sunset
Posted on 30 December 202027 December 2020Author Hemapriya ChellappanCategories Issue 20.210 Comments on
lifting a glass to my dear friends… winter stars  
Posted on 31 December 202027 December 2020Author Marion Alice PoirierCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
New Year — I regret last year’s resolutions      
Posted on 31 December 202027 December 2020Author S. M. KozubekCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
moving again Buddha in a box labeled fragile    
Posted on 4 January 202131 December 2020Author Mark DaileyCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
new sheets on a new bed a new loneliness
Posted on 5 January 202127 December 2020Author Ben GaaCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
half moon … a love that never was
Posted on 6 January 202127 December 2020Author Lucia CardilloCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
silver heron a splash of moonlight across the pier
Posted on 7 January 202127 December 2020Author Gavin AustinCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
kingfisher a rattle as the river turns south    
Posted on 8 January 202127 December 2020Author Jean LeBlancCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
morning heat the neighbor packs down his cigarettes  
Posted on 11 January 202127 December 2020Author Bryan RickertCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
early summer a small town traffic light green for no one  
Posted on 12 January 202127 December 2020Author Agnes Eva SavichCategories Issue 20.26 Comments on
rural isolation the secret life of dandelions
Posted on 13 January 202127 December 2020Author Carol ReynoldsCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
summer heat more fruit flies than fruit  
Posted on 14 January 202127 December 2020Author Stephen ColganCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
summer quiet the tallest daylily sways  
Posted on 15 January 202127 December 2020Author Hannah MahoneyCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
a hole through the magnolias flower moon
Posted on 18 January 202127 December 2020Author Marilyn FlemingCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
porch lights a trombone slides into the night  
Posted on 19 January 202127 December 2020Author June Rose DowisCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
sand castle already the waves make themselves at home  
Posted on 20 January 202127 December 2020Author Peter StriderCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
a buoy bobs in the wake zone lulled gulls
Posted on 21 January 202127 December 2020Author Agnes Eva SavichCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
dawn meditation the valley surrenders its mist (haiga)
Posted on 22 January 20218 November 2020Author Debbie StrangeCategories Issue 20.2Tags haiga8 Comments on
rehashing an old argument frost heaves
Posted on 25 January 202127 December 2020Author Seren FargoCategories Issue 20.24 Comments on
winter night we wrap ourselves up in rumors
Posted on 26 January 202127 December 2020Author Padma ThampattyCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
snow angel the wings still a good fit  
Posted on 27 January 202127 December 2020Author Mike WhiteCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
blizzard conditions signs of life in the bread dough  
Posted on 28 January 202127 December 2020Author Lesley Anne SwansonCategories Issue 20.25 Comments on
cutting roses back to bone my father’s iron love
Posted on 29 January 202127 December 2020Author Jack KeysCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
the neighbor boy saws his cello off-key– spring breeze
Posted on 1 February 20211 February 2021Author Bob RedmondCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
treehouse . . . I pretend to make-believe  
Posted on 2 February 20211 February 2021Author Nicholas KlacsanzkyCategories Issue 20.22 Comments on
emptying the bird bath sumo sparrows    
Posted on 3 February 20211 February 2021Author Helen BuckinghamCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
spring sunrise the length of a toppled pine  
Posted on 4 February 20211 February 2021Author Frank HoovenCategories Issue 20.21 Comment on
last light my body echoes with frog song
Posted on 5 February 20211 February 2021Author Victor OrtizCategories Issue 20.217 Comments on
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