Racha RenkuWritten at Racha Noodles & Thai Cuisine restaurant in Seattle’s Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, 4 August 2011, during the Haiku North America conference. Published in PDF form on the Haiku North America website blog, 5 August 2011.
borrowed handkerchief blowing out her cold Seattle summer Katharine Grubb Hawkinson
the ferry’s wake sparkles with sunlight Michael Dylan Welch
breaking the stone to find the fossil snail Melissa Allen
up her leg slowly, slowly Carlos Colón
he becomes white with anguish the painter Marilyn Hazelton
fruit bats fading crescent moon Garry Gay
one firefly and it too has left me Garry Gay
breathing in the dust of dad’s pickup truck Katharine Grubb Hawkinson
drifting snow— a misspelling in the church sign Michael Dylan Welch
a single cloud a baby points at the sky Melissa Allen
all night the sound of the coqui spring love Carlos Colón
the orchid unfolds its wings and fangs Marilyn Hazelton
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