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Frogpond 43.3 • 2020

Museum of Haiku
Literature Award

Haiku & Senryu

Essay 1 - "Midsummer Madness"

Haibun

Haiga

Renku

Book Reviews

wordmark & wordmark

 

 

 

riding with the top down
dog and I
catch what's left of autumn

Mark Teaford

a heron's stillness
breeze feathering
the back of my neck

Michele Root-Bernstein

 

kind words
the glow of sunlight
through leaves

Yvette Nicole Kolodji

holding on, holding on
spider on her windshield
so long

Oliver Leon Porter

 
 

all tucked in
he asks
about terrorism

Ferris Gilli

without
any fuss
daffodils

Katrina Shepherd

 
 

waiting for the butter
to soften
summer rain

Francine Banwarth

zoom yoga zoom seder zoom kaddish

Bruce H. Feingold

 

gnawing
between the walls
first house payment

Sarah E. Metzler

sweet potatoes
my lockdown husband
starts to cook

Kath Abela Wilson

 

 

     sudden burst of quail
from the cover—
     my buddy's ptsd

Frank K. Robinson

sultry night
sopping up blackstrap molasses
with Wonder Bread

Alan S. Bridges

 

 

bag lady
threading holiday tinsel
through her cart

an'ya

the poor judgment
ignored by smiling
bridesmaids . . .

M. R. Defibaugh

 
 

petroglyphs—
not understanding
his thinking

P M F Johnson

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