HAIKU: A SERIES
by Larry Gavin
1
In autumn - geese spell
Loneliness into the mist
Black lines on paper.
2
In all this water
Fish have no trail to follow
I think of my home.
3
Desperate gestures
Point to the point of nothing
Like the way I wait.
4
Snow falls hard all day
And wind comes from way out west
Your sick bed spills white.
5
At winter’s dark
Moon through hospital window
Sleep leads into sleep.
6
A funeral breeze
Rustles my hair - real earth
Under plastic grass.
Larry Gavin is a poet from Faribault, Minnesota. His poetry, essays, and stories have appeared widely in outdoor and environmental magazines, including Fly Rod and Reel, Gun Dog, and Minneapolis Star Tribune. He has had several poems in Minnesota Seasons: Tales of a Life Outdoors. His book of poems,Necessities, is available from Red Dragonfly Press or logjambooks.com .
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