Desert Rain

Haiku Nook: An Anthology

Dedicated to haiku poet Martha Magenta (1949-2020) &
the 600+ million people who don't have access to clean water

sample poems from Desert Rain:

 

 

howling wind                  

through the window

silent prayers 

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Willie Bongcaron 

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the flow

of a love poem...

riverbank 

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Lovette Carter 

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wine-dark ocean

marooned on a dream

of peace 

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Francis Franklin 

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dehydration . . .

no tears

for the dying 

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Momolu Freeman 

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arctic wolf

snow tracks

disappearing 

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Dana Grover 

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beneath the ice

a stream rippling 

unheard voices . . .

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Michelle Hyatt 

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Exmoor mist . . .

a winter crow settles

in the ghosts of trees 

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Brendon Kent 

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I watch someone

watch someone else 

the promise of rain

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Nicholas Klacsanzky 

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cleaning trout

still trying to

say something

 

George Klacsanzky 

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along the river

in a green mirror—

my silence 

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Isabella Kramer (veredit) 

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singing

the litanies together

april rain 

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Eva Limbach 

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winter dark—

the snowy trailer park

strewn with ashes 

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Eric Lohman 

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flashes of a dream

   rising out of my body

all the clouds at war

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Edwin Lomere 

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reincarnation

each raindrop

lost at sea 

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Martha Magenta (1949—2020)

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even after

changing

into a new dress

you blush at the way

my hair smells of the rain 

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Malintha Perera 

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river song

her baby drifts

to sleep 

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Dave Read 

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Cape Town dry . . .

the lavender barely alive

among the dead

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Gabri Rigotti 

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dreaming of a pond

frog in the crack of bricks

after two day's rain 

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Yanty Tjiam (1981—2015)

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scent of green tea

in my travel mug

the forest's darkness 

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Jacob Salzer 

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sleeper train

a snowshoe hare

from Narnia 

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Alan Summers 

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the ocean's depth

a three year old

finds a puddle 

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Mal Ward 

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harvest moon

the tides seem to feel

a connection 

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Steve Woodall 

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