Haiku by Linda M. Crate

blazing
epiphany
burn your grief.



flower
silver moon spun dream
fading oblivion.



scarlet
moon flower dream
geese fly.



raven
obsidian
song of death



refusing
make my own destiny
blowing leaf.



Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvania native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville.  Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print.  Recently her two chapbooks, A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press--June 2013) and Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon--January 2014) were published.  Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015.  Her novel Dragons & Magic was published in October 2015.