From Carpe Diem Michael Dylan WelchMichael Dylan Welch is originally British, but moved to Winnipeg as a child. He edits Tundra: The Journal of the Short Poem and Press Here haiku and tanka books, and has had his award-winning poetry published in hundreds of journals and anthologies in more than a dozen languages. He now lives near Seattle, Washington.spring breeze— the pull of her hand as we near the pet store Woodnotes 19, Winter 1993 Christmas Eve— bits of a price sticker stuck to my finger The Heron’s Nest 7:3, September 2005 short day— the manhole cover’s misaligned stripe Mariposa 17, Autumn/Winter 2007 tourists talking in several languages— the glassblower exhales Fresh Hot Bread, October 2002 |