Ten Moon Haiku
the call of a ghost owl
piercing the cirrostratus moon
2:00 AM
piercing the cirrostratus moon
2:00 AM
holding onto its darkness wet moon
the moon
in the sky
turning blue
in the sky
turning blue
not quite a contrail disappearing over the day moon
the ice moon rising
over the Susquehanna
apotheosis
over the Susquehanna
apotheosis
the Chesapeake Bay
the deepening indigo
of her moonless night
the deepening indigo
of her moonless night
not the moon
but moonlight
salt mist
but moonlight
salt mist
a cloud behind
a cloud behind
the moon
a cloud behind
the moon
altostratus moon
the white hydrangeas
at the back of the garden
the white hydrangeas
at the back of the garden
deeper
into the scent of oleander
red moon
into the scent of oleander
red moon
Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania. His poetry has been published or are forthcoming in Notre Dame Review, Lana Turner, Sugar House Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and Blue Unicorn, among others. His haiku have appeared in several annual anthologies. He is the winner of Rattle: Poets Respond, the Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Award and the Trailblazer Award.
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