you
and I
the way two

swings twisted together
in the
playground

when
they finish
unraveling flop around

Publisher’s Note:

The poetic form “hay(na)ku,” a name coined by Vince Gotera and pronounced “ai-na-ku,” was invented in 2003 by poet Eileen Tabios, although she initially called it “the Pinoy Haiku.” To learn more, see Hay(na)ku at her website, which also includes numerous links to additional resources.

Chuck Brickley’s

collection of haiku, earthshine (Snapshot Press, 2017, in its 4th printing), is the winner of the Touchstone Distinguished Book Award for 2017 (The Haiku Foundation), an Honorable Mention for the Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award for 2017, and an Honourable Mention for the Marianne Bluger Book Award for 2020 (Canada). Brickley’s haiku, senryu, haibun, and book reviews have been published in leading haiku journals and anthologies worldwide. One of his haibun was nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2018), another for The Best Small Fictions 2019 (Sonder Press).

Author’s website: www.chuckbrickley.com