Haiku by A.J. Huffman

frost-bite's kiss lingers
a mere shiver against morning's
virgin smile


bobsleds pepper hillsides
sparkle like silver ornaments
against snow-covered trees


snowflake wonderland
my eyes struggle to discern
individual designs


red barn smothered in white
thawing, the world appears
to be bleeding


snowball fight erupts
children scramble for ammo
snowmen lose their heads



A.J. Huffman has published eleven solo chapbooks and one joint chapbook through various small presses.  Her new poetry collection, Another Blood Jet, is not available from Eldritch Press.  She has two more poetry collections forthcoming:  A Few Bullets Short of Home, from mgv2>publishing and Degeneration, from Pink. Girl. Ink.  She is a Multiple Pushcart Prize nominee, and has published over 2100 poems in various national and international journals, including Labletter, The James Dickey Review, Bone Orchard, EgoPHobia, and Kritya.  She is also the founding editor of Kind of a Hurricane Press.  www.kindofahurricanepress.com