TREETOPS - HAIKU..............
Selections by Ferris Gilli, Editor
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term paper
he plays one more game
of solitaire 

Carmel (Lively) Westerman
Yuma, Arizona, US
June garden
speaking of dragonflies
when one appears 

William Scott Galasso
Kirkland, Washington, US
   
the spring's
ceaseless purl . . .
I set my watch

Sonia Christina Coman
Constantza, RO

first snowfall
her cell phone conversation 
for all to hear 

Francis W. Alexander
Michigan, US

   
withered lawn
the washing line
full of blue 

Maria Steyn
Johannesburg, ZA
dark and darker afternoon
pear blossom snow
in the wind 

Kay F. Anderson
Redwood Shores, California, US
   
family reunion—
we love unconditionally
for the photographer 

Michael Meyerhofer
Carbondale, Illinois, US

Spring—
the jasmine at my mailbox
reaches for the neighbor's 

Zhanna Rader
Georgia, USA 

   
flooded delta—
an egret flies
with the boat 

Sonia Christina Coman
Constanta, RO
a suitcase
beside the open door—
hummingbirds 

Peggy Willis Lyles
Tucker, Georgia, US
   
  butterfly watch
my bookmark remains 
at the same page 

Victor P. Gendrano
Lakewood, California, US
 
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