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Issue 17: 29 Jan. 2023
Haiku: 9; 7; and
8 words
By Cynthia Anderson

Three Micro-Poems

 

handsome devil
my ex’s photo banished
to the landfill

 

:::

 

string theory
the mess inside
a pumpkin

 

:::

 

diving deep
a chronic case
of shipwreck fever


Cynthia Anderson
Issue 17 (29 January 2023)

A California resident and poet for more than 40 years, Cynthia Anderson is the author of eleven books, most recently a collection of haiku and senryu entitled Full Circle (Cholla Needles, 2022). Her poems have been published widely in journals and anthologies, and she has received multiple nominations for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. In 2020, she took up short-form poetry including haiku, senryu, cherita, haibun, and split sequences. Her recent work focuses on the natural world and her family history.

Cynthia is co-editor of the anthology A Bird Black As the Sun: California Poets on Crows & Ravens (Green Poet Press). She makes her home in the Mojave Desert near Joshua Tree National Park.

Author’s website: www.cynthiaandersonpoet.com

 
 
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