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| Issue 18: | 29 Apr. 2023 |
| Micro-Poems: | 4; 11; 11; 9; and 18 words |
By Keith Evetts
[A Quintet of Micro-Poems]
all that truth entrails
—response to the prompt “typos” at The Daily Haiku
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rumble of binmen
the absence of my sweater
still a mystery
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spills of sunlight—
the binman says amazing
what they throw away
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a breeze in summer grasses how soon it passes
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One man went to mow.
Another left his grass to grow.
This is how wars start, you know.
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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