Tattered plastic bag
ribboned across barbed wire—
anger carves up skin.
© Nancy Botta, 2019
Category Archives: haiku
Slush. (alliterative haiku)
Salt stains on suede shoes,
sweater soaked by soggy snow—
winter’s welcome wanes.
© Nancy Botta, 2019
Rebuilt. (haiku)
Shattered river ice
sews itself back together;
pale scars crisscross wrists.
© Nancy Botta, 2019
Mire. (haiku)
Drifting morning fog;
rivulets gather and wash
over broken trees.
© Nancy Botta, 2019
Under the weather. (haiku)
Pale winter sunset
drowning under soggy clouds—
fever soaks the bed.
© Nancy Botta, 2019
Dry. (haiku)
January sun
pries open red rheumy eyes
and wine soaked regret.
© Nancy Botta, 2019
first date. (haiku)
Moonstruck eyes
watch him rise;
honeysuckle spills over.
© Nancy Botta, 2018
