HAIKU
perhaps a brief life
would have been a blessing
mayfly
midsummer’s night
not every light
a firefly
juniper berries
in each martini
midsummer sun
summer night
a boy picks Antares
from a bramble bush
watermelon sky
we see how far
we can spit the stars
bonfire
the Mead Moon
sticky on our skewers
summer constellations
the cool water of the stream
only flows one way
July afternoon
we watch the Appalachians rise
thunderheads
how carefully the hare
chooses the red clover
the stillness of a lynx
a meteor
falls to the meadow
peregrine falcon
Joshua St. Claire is an accountant who works as a financial controller in Pennsylvania. He enjoys writing poetry on coffee breaks and after helping his wife get their three sons to bed. His haiku have been published or are forthcoming in several North American, European, and Asian journals including: Mayfly, The Heron's Nest, Sonic Boom, hedgerow, and Presence.
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