TREETOPS - HAIKU..............
Selections by Ferris Gilli, Editor
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poppy field 
a red scarf forgotten
in the grass 

Graham Nunn
Brisbane, Queensland, AU
the end of night
perfumed with lilies
her hair unbound 

Carol Raisfeld
New York, US
   
Fat Tuesday—
street vendor bras
unhook in front 

Michael Meyerhofer
Carbondale, Illinois, US
wind full of leaves—
the hunter's dog
stalks the wetlands 

Billie Wilson
Juneau, Alaska US
   
first cool night— 
beavers still building 
their dam 

Nancy Stewart Smith
Athens, Georgia, US
next to my journal . . .
the old cat asleep
in her tail 

Maria Steyn
Johannesburg,
ZA
   
sunset
of red and purples
surgery tomorrow 

Francine Porad
Bellevue, Washington, US

first frost
praying mantis motionless
in the sun 

Karen Klein
Massachusetts, US

 

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