Issue 22: | 4 Feb. 2024 |
Senryu: | 9; 8; 8; 9; 7; & 10 words |
Venice— how eager his tongue to taste my gelato
morning walk a pinecone falls in my coffee
in the mirror some woman that knows me
bagpipes on the hill grandma sneaks a wee dram
family arrives whispers begin with shrimp cocktail
toes in the sand that one crab I didn’t see
lives and writes in Florida. Her words are rooted in mystery, magic, fancy and whimsy. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and online journals and magazines. Hybrid Sequence Media published her debut collection of poems, The Choir of Crickets, in April 2022.
⚡ Six Senryu From the Kitchen by Sharon Ferrante in Rattle (5 September 2023)
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