The Bowl He Holdsby Randy M. Brooks, Michael Dylan Welch, and Brett B. Bodemer
First published in My Neighbor’s Life (Bellevue, Washington: Laughing CyPress, 1999), edited by Kathleen P. Decker. Written 21 November 1998 at San Damiano Retreat Center in Danville, California, during the Haiku Society of America 30th Anniversary Retreat, commemorated by the book. See also “Broken.”
St. Francis mission . . . morning mist fills the bowl he holds Randy
trailing syrup, the peach rises on the slotted spoon Brett
a plastic igloo on the front lawn— the first star Michael
rope sways inside the bell’s darkness Brett
calloused fingers grip the udder the flow of milk Randy
after grace she turns over my wine glass Michael
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