[...]... all outside you enter the room smiling bringing me hot chocolate HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 24 HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 25 Haiku Harvest Volume 1, Number 3 Fall & Winter 2000 J.D Heskin — Duluth, Minnesota, USA Kenneth Pobo — Illinois, USA Elizabeth St Jacques — Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada Denis M Garrison — Monkton, Maryland, USA HAIKU J D HESKIN beyond: the river, a blue heron leaves to dry its... a frozen hornet beneath the snow gurgling spring fed brook no cold can tame it HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 29 TANKA KENNETH POBO Queen Elizabeth rose stuffed in green bush vase until winter breaks the vase and the flower dies into a fierce white swan of snow HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 30 HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 31 Haiku Harvest Spring 2001 Volume 2 Number 1 Maria Steyn — Gauteng, South Africa J.D Heskin... Norway Denis M Garrison — Monkton, Maryland, USA HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 32 Maria Steyn campsite embers rain clouds dim the crescent moon railway station weeds push through the sagging fence passing train children play in a scrapyard car midnight shore the faint stir of ducks in the reeds noonday a white butterfly pauses at the birdfeeder one by one oaks follow the river’s rush heavy mist HAIKU HARVEST. .. rivers! HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 27 ELIZABETH ST JACQUES this bitter night seems much warmer now – icicle lights winter sunshine on the braided rug curled old cat Christmas pre-dawn on the couch and fast asleep dear old Santa Claus DENIS M GARRISON in the deepest cold great temple bell tolls thunder shattered ice tinkles tile roof icicles hang close to the frozen ground sunlit crystal cave HAIKU HARVEST. .. many footprints one red mitten HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 14 HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 15 Haiku Harvest Volume 1, Number 2 Summer 2000 Elizabeth St Jacques — Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada Charles V Hayden — East St Louis, Illinois, USA Kenneth Pobo — Illinois, USA Brian Gierat — Chicago, Illinois, USA J.D Heskin — Duluth, Minnesota, USA Denis M Garrison — Monkton, Maryland, USA Stephanie Hanson — Smithville,... walls HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 13 DENIS M GARRISON gone two years now she finds his note weeping widow first kanji drawn dam is breached and ink flows peach petal on snow my Jane would have been ten today dew dampened boots torn letters litter bridge mourning wind garbagemen have left cans lying in the gutter – crows inspect the job snowy sidewalk amongst many footprints one red mitten HAIKU HARVEST. .. remnants of fog in low scudding clouds a diving hawk disappears there she is again HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 11 last night a deep snow on the porch rail this morning two owls side by side remembering hovering over stream a dragonfly at this ancient well the old bucket handle shines deep and green the moss HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 12 SENRYU ISSARA JONES becoming clear the window and I are one Spilt... of the stone a bowl of colors promises enlightenment Imari china a cicada calls beyond hydro power lines – electricity two blue herons fly across the Nation River white and grey water HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 10 DENIS M GARRISON setting in hedgerow red sun tangled black branches ah, the flaming snow bravely in the breeze wave these soft blue flags in shreds irises full-blown black flocks of grackles... boat life is open water lilies HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 17 BRIAN GIERAT around the bridge river and fog connect night fishing – my long cast bait shatters the moon private pond – a crayfish waving claws in my shadow full moon – keeping pace with me all the way home a raven paces the prison yard fence uncaged radio static – in my rearview mirror lightning flickers HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 18 vacant... distracted by a chipmunk J D HESKIN In morning lake mist, One cannot see the duck’s wake I’ll stay until noon From end to end, what is beauty to me is another giraffe Winter remembered – its bitterness recalled time when books burned brightly HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 19 Lilacs last not long – A week or two, they are gone But worth waiting for During noonday nap, I see Mount Fuji again My favorite chair DENIS . sidewalk amongst many footprints one red mitten 14 HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 15 HAIKU HARVEST 2001 – 2006 Haiku Harvest Volume 1, Number 2 Summer 2000 Elizabeth. 325 Haiku Harvest Vol. 6, No. 1 - Spring & Summer 2006