Goran Gatalica
spring lockdown— the library windows stare into the emptiness —Goran Gatalica
Michael Dylan Welch
scattered petals . . . the thud of my books in the book drop —Michael Dylan Welch
Noor Khalsa
library silence— a spider skitters cautiously through Virginia Woolf —Noor Khalsa
Jo Balistreri
library entrance the lapping tongues of puppies at a silver bowl —Jo Balistreri
Jo Balistreri
library entrance the lapping tongues of puppies at a silver bowl —Jo Balistreri
Per Diem/Haiku of the Day for December 2021: Libraries
Kath Abela Wilson
cut outs the circus of night meets the bodied moon (after the lithograph Eight Silhouettes, 1946 by Pablo Picasso) —Kath Abela Wilson
Andrew Shimield
‘All my loving’ falling in step with the busker’s tune (after the song All my loving, 1963 by the Beatles) —Andrew Shimield
Ron C. Moss
jade coloured mist the master's sword alive in his hands (after the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000; dir. by Ang Lee) —Ron C. Moss
Auricéia Dumke
just a sip of absinthe and her inner trip begins crowded way, lonely soul (after the painting Absinthe, 1875–1876 by Edgar Degas) —Auricéia Dumke