Anna Cates
sunlight gleaming through
a fish bowl of beach glass
remembering waves
desert places
where Jesus cursed
a fig tree
Poetry Quarterly 22 (2015) & The Meaning of Life (Cyberwit Press 2015)
wandering gull
shadowy evening shaking
the sea farther away
spring dream
the flower bucket
full of rain
willow thicket
beside the old strip mine
a flycatcher calls
50 haikus 8 (2015) & The Meaning of Life (Cyberwit Press 2015)
pushing up
through misty dawn
whistles of grass
scent of spring rain
the purple alliums
wind tottering
today’s news
a bitter seed
in a grapefruit slice
Ginyu 67 (20 July 2015) & The Meaning of Life (Cyberwit Press 2015)
cloudless sky
mystery valentine
in the mailbox
the cosmos
open with rain—
wormholes
Three Line Poetry 33 (2015)
flea market
a wooden Indian
missing war paint
Sonic Boom 3 (August 2015)
heat of the day
fattening on the sidewalk
my shadow
fresh scents
honey bee wild flowers
buzzing, buzzing
county fair
a taste of elephant ears
beside the blue tent
seedlings
I upset a little soil
tomato planting
passion or hate
a fashionable pastime
49 bottles of beer . . .
Ink Sweat and Tears (August 2015)
brook song
the forsythia’s
first yellow buds
at the muddy end
of a walking stick
wild oats
Hedgerow 42 (August 14, 2015)
winter sunset
the old Bing Crosby songs
Dad used to sing
Hedgerow 43 (August 14, 2015)
thrift store scent
a mint green shirt
missing buttons
Hedgerow 44 (August 14, 2015)
power outage
only the crickets
singing
Hedgerow 48 (Sept 16, 2015)
yellow-billed cuckoo
weaving song
into summer sunlight
lonely dawn
a hoodie on a park bench
wet with dew
Hedgerow 51 (Oct 17, 2015)
just because
cold beach
at 3:00 a.m.
Hedgerow 52 (Oct 24, 2015)
woodland shade
a fawn’s lips poised
over red berries
Hedgerow 55 (Nov 14, 2015)
déjà vu
tiny whorls
of starlight
Asahi Haikuist Network (Summer August 21, 2015)
muted neighs—
the country fair scent
of corn dogs
Heron’s Nest (September 2015)
October twilight
white pines fogged with lake water
a distant chain saw
Haiku Journal 39 (2015)
peppermint gum—
beneath a pink sky
the fallen sun
“Behind the Tree Line,” Wild Plum Journal (Fall/Winter 2015)
slowly descending
a black speck unfolds
its legs
Indian Kukai (Sept 21, 2015)
peace moon
the milky taste
of saffron rice
European Quarterly Kukai (Sept 18, 2015)
acorn seedling
thrusting through damp loam—
wood thrush
Mainichi (Sept 18, 2015)
apple moon
in swirling starlight
cider scents
muggy dusk
hidden in cattails
frog song
Cattails (September 2015)
wet rock
stranded at low tide
a spotted octopus
Modern Haiku 46:3 (Autumn 2015)
white pines
a moose hovers over
the reflective murk
Asahi Haikuist Network (October 2015)
summer sunrise
a neighbor feeds chickens
beside the white pine
purple verbena:
shrine to the wisdom
of bees
heat wave
bird droppings
on the mailbox
Ginyu 68 (October 20, 2015)
dark pearl
the wet tongue
of an oyster
Frogpond 38.3 (Autumn 2015)
red rock
tumbleweeds roll
the cloudless sky
Atlas Poetica 23 (Autumn 2015)
mulberry leaves
evening rain soaking
cricket song
Shamrock 32 (2015)
moonless sky—
on the dark street
a lighter flicks on a face
A Hundred Gourds (Dec 2015)
barren limbs
above wet gravestones
a dirge of crows
small claim
the court house
shaded by oaks
Three Line Poetry 35 (2015)
cold window
black coffee
& tax forms
Indian Kukai (2015)
Amazon steals—
an empty Simon & Garfunkel
CD case
Sonic Boom (December 2015)
earth rhythms
the crickets serenading
a full moon
World Haiku Review (June 2015)
dragonfly
the sound of wings
made of air
spring breeze
the rainbow colors
of bird songs
Under the Basho (2015)
sickle moon
merlin wing beats stir
summer starlight
European Quarterly Kukai (Dec 2015)
Christmas lights
I put the shadows
behind me
First place winner, Caribbean Kigo Kukai (Dec 2015)