Haiku by Theresa A. Cancro

sliver of moon
in lingering clouds--
lost flip-flop among the dunes


he kisses
my eyes closed--bits of baklava
beneath the coverlet


catching the fly-ball
I become my son's
new hero


sea glass--
the gull's eye
spots a morsel

Theresa A. Cancro of Wilmington Delaware writes poetry and short fiction.  Dozens of her poems have been published internationally, in print and online.  Many of her haiku have appeared, or are forthcoming, in such journals as A Hundred Gourds, A Handful of Stones, tinywords, Brass Bell, Cattails, Shamrock, Chrysanthemum, Presence, and The Icebox, among others.  In the January 2015 issue of Cattails, her haiku was featured as an Editor's Choice.

Haiku by ayaz daryl nielsen

early evening
sofa covered with nephews
nieces and kittens


a long dream
waking beside
a purring cat


longing for a windstorm
   reeds in a small pond
      imagine new moves

ayaz daryl nielsen, x-roughneck (as on oil rigs)/hospice nurse, editor of bear creek haiku (25+ years/125+ issues), homes for poems include Lilliput Review, SCIFAIKUEST, Shemom, Shamrock, Kind of a Hurricane Press, and online at:  bear creek haiku poetry.

Haiku by Wayne F. Burke

ocean waves of
stuporous languor--
the maid sweeps the sun deck

Wayne F. Burke has previously appeared in Bottle Rockets, and his tanka has appeared in American Tanka.  His poetry collection, Words that Burn, is published by Bareback Press (2013).

Haiku by Kelley White

inchworm--
living or dying
suspended by a thread

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.

Haiku by Mark Blaeuer

A Course in Epistemology at Cambridge

Let us now discuss
how an ant should go about
pinching Wittgenstein.

Ludwig is buried,
rendering the ant's approach
uber difficult.

Does said ant believe
it has a chance to finish
the job?  Not really.

Mark Blaeuer's poems and translations have appeared in nigh onto seventy journals.  His first collection, Fragment of a Nocturne (White Violet Press) was published in 2014.

Haiku by Shloka Shankar

cold day . . .
the way you no longer
look at me


dog days . . .
where does the couch end
and I begin?


carousel
i chase a dream
backwards

Shloka Shankar is a freelance writer residing in India.  She is a contributing poet in over two dozen international anthologies.  Some of her haiku & tanka have appeared in journals including Under the Basho, The Living Haiku Anthology, The Heron's Nest, A Hundred Gourds, bottle rockets, paper wasp, Acorn, Chrysanthemum, The Bamboo Hut, Hedgegrow, and numerous others.  She is also the editor of the literary and arts journal, Sonic Boom.

Haiku by Glenn Munroe

scudding clouds forewarn
forces churn beyond our sight
tie the summer down!


the old tree wants in
its branches scratch my window
i bolt shut my door


snowflakes swoop and slide
dancing random pirouettes
my tongue tastes their deaths


winter stalks despair
like a pack of lean white wolves
let your soul burn hot


memories of love
tongues flesh limbs lips and laughter
the promise of spring

Glenn Munroe has worked as a letter carrier, landscaper, taxi driver, environmental advocate, government manager, small business owner, and consultant.  He has always been an avid organic gardener.  He has been writing poetry all his life, but until recently has only published non-fiction writing related to his environmental work.  Currently, he is a senior policy analyst for the Environment Commissioner of Ontario.