Haiku by Kelley White

thin window shade--
my neighbor's christmas lights
flash in my dreams


Three Kings Day--poor old
Christmas tree stripped of lights
and decorations.



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 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.