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| Issue 18: | 29 Apr. 2023 |
| Micro-Poems: | 6; 21; 33; 12; and 14 words |
By Keith Evetts
[From the Thyme:
A Quintet of Tiny Poems]
this night
the moon
a magnolia
:::
the early dawn above the mountain crest— and from the thyme our bodies had compressed the faintest wisp of steam evanesced
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this scrap of paper
blown from some distant shore
has my handwriting
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burning her letters
blackened flakes rise up to dance
as it starts to rain
Keith Evetts
is a retired British diplomat who lives in the UK. His scientific papers are published in Nature and elsewhere; his long-form poetry in The Oxford Magazine and Linnet’s Wings; his cherita in The Cherita; and his haiku and related short forms in Blithe Spirit, Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, Failed Haiku, Heliosparrow, Mambu, Presence, Prune Juice, The Asahi Shimbun, Wales Haiku Journal, World Haiku Review, and at The Haiku Foundation. His work has been anthologized in the Red Moon Anthologies of haiku and haibun, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Touchstone Awards.
Evetts is listed among the European Top 100 Haiku Authors in 2021, and hosts the weekly haiku commentary feature at The Haiku Foundation. He’s married, with five children, a grey parrot, and a sense of humour.
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