March thaw--
on a sofa left for trash
sits melting snow
—Barry George
About the author: Barry George is a regular contributor to the leading English-language haiku journals. His work has appeared in German, French, Romanian, and Japanese translations; in A New Resonance 2: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (United States), and The New Haiku (United Kingdom); and in numerous annual Red Moon Anthologies. He has been a winner in the Gerald Brady, Betty Drevniok, Mainichi Daily News, and Kaji Aso Studio contests, as well as a Poetry Finalist for the Pew Fellowships in the Arts. A featured poet at the 2007 Robert Frost Poetry Festival in Key West, Florida, he lives in Philadelphia.
winter mourns -
rummaging through the trash
he tries the jacket on
In the courtyard
a carrot and two courtyard:
the former snowman
worn blanket -
springs arrival
even the trees sing
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mist
sprayed against streaky window --
clearing in my mind
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sunset
head in hands --
music off in the distant
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