The equinox coming, 
alone, alone. 

The husband off visiting, 
another, another. 

Three seasons too short, a 
looming long winter. 
But wishing on the same moon. 

—This poem is a golden shovel based on a haiku by Buson.

Scott Wiggerman

A member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Albuquerque poet Scott Wiggerman is the author of three books of poetry, Leaf and Beak: Sonnets (Purple Flag), Presence (Pecan Grove Press), and Vegetables and Other Relationships (Plain View Press); and the editor of several volumes, including Wingbeats I and II: Exercises & Practice in Poetry (Dos Gatos Press, of which he is co-founder with David Meischen).

In recent years, Scott’s love of poetic form has moved largely into Japanese forms, and haiku and art have become more central to his work as an artist of both the page and canvas. For more, see his online portfolio: https://scottwiggerman.myportfolio.com

More on the Web: By, About, and Beyond

⚡ Voices From Each Side of a Triangle, braided cheribun story by Scott Wiggerman, short-listed Finalist in MacQ’s Third Cheribun Challenge (Issue 29, August 2025)

⚡ Brothers by Blood, braided cheribun by Wiggerman, short-listed Finalist in MacQ’s Second Cheribun Challenge (Issue 24, August 2024)

⚡ The Things I Do for Porn, braided cheribun by Wiggerman, long-listed Finalist in MacQ’s Second Cheribun Challenge (Issue 25, September 2024)

⚡ Wiggerman’s introduction to his curated collection of haiku on the theme of the LGBTQIA+ experience, for National Poetry Month: Haiku of the Day, April 2023; scroll down a bit to access the slide show for April.

⚡ The Story of Fire, haibun by Wiggerman in Issue 16 of MacQueen’s Quinterly (January 2023)