bone on bone
the stridulations
of a cricket
cirrus spissatus the tattered wings of a cabbage white
a dumbledore deeper
into the scent of yellow
okra blossoms
this long prelude
to the end of the world
poncirus moon
rushing toward
the red light
solidago
hurricane remnants
the last evening primroses
nodding through mist
all that’s left
now
white pines
hiss of highway
the color of maple wind
deep woods
lichens encrust
a line of stones
cirrus intortus
a single starling
conquers gravity
last bee
on the cat’s ear
November comes
what do the siskins call us?
pine darkness
the setting sun
pushing a hawk
deeper into space
—
Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania and works as a financial director for a large non-profit. His haiku and related poetry have been published broadly including in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, and Mayfly. He has received recognition in the following international contests/awards for his work in these forms: the Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Award, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, the San Francisco International Award for Senryu, the Robert Speiss Memorial Award, the Touchstone Award for Individual Haiku, the British Haiku Society Award for Haiku, and the Trailblazer Award.
