“Lake Erie Living” © Ken Tomaro

 

Fourteen Haiku, Monoku, and Senryu

lively
cut-throat…
finch

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optical illusion jay’s blues

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sending off my poem
in to the breeze
heart-shaped bubbles

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spring drizzle
lilac (s)cent
and (i)

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green mist sage

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hugging a tree
the look
on passers-by’s faces

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autumn walk
on the river bank
trees in go(l)d

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wearing
a haiku ch(O)ker
and why not

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shoefiti
i think of
barefoot have-nots

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Eeyore
Milne’s depression
embodied

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back home
i feed laughing dove
instead of the titmice

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unreadable calligraphy
Calligrapha beetle

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finally announced c(ease)-fire

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bathing among unwashed
laundry a cat

 

Pegah Rahmati Nezhad is a physician, scientist, artist, and poet from Tehran, Iran. She loves micropoetry and lyrical prose, and believes in the power of the words. Her poems have been published on many international platforms, and more are forthcoming.

Bestselling author Ken Tomaro is the self-proclaimed Poet Laureate of the Cleveland sewer system, whose work reflects everyday life with depression. His poetry has appeared in several online and print journals and explores the common themes we all experience. Sometimes blunt, often dark, but always grounded in reality.