Haiku by Kelley White

One and two man sculls

On the river—

Philadelphia, 6 a.m.

 

 

 

Rustic fishing camp

I’da kept the outhouse and woodstove

If I’d bought it

 

 

 

troop of wet girl scouts

around a fire in the woods

sit-upons steaming

 

 

 

 

Pediatrician Kelley White worked in inner-city Philadelphia and now works in rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in journals including Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA.  Her most recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books.) She received a 2008 PCA grant.