My Haiku in the Queue

I have twice had my haiku featured in “Haiku in the Queue” (previously known as “Hiway Haiku”), a display of haiku presented in three panels in calligraphy installed like Burma-Shave signs along the ferry line-up on the north end of Vashon Island, Washington. Somewhere I have photos from the first time one of my haiku was used, and I’ll add them here when I find them. But here’s a photo of my poem from the second time, in November of 2025, using the following poem:

the old barn

where we first kissed

condominiums

My thanks to Mike Feinstein for choosing this poem, and to Suzanne Moore for the calligraphy. For more information about this public art project, please see “Haiku in the Queue” on the Haiku Northwest website.