Many thanks to editor Ian Storr for including my haiku in issue #74. It is an honour, and I am thrilled for my work’s first appearance in Presence. The issue includes inspiring haiku, haibun, rengay, and haiku book reviews.
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waxing moon—
the girl says goodbye
to childhood
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lovers arrive with petals in bloom soon depart as flowers wilt stars fall when perfumed nights fade Summer a carousel of delight ends, too finished
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push and pull of ocean tidesrestores her tired limbsevening strolls in old-growth forestssoothes her grieving heartdappled dew on wildflower bloomsunfurls her tangled thoughtsthen on her