Hiss of the heater
and sweaty limbs of some man;
her eyes seek daylight.
© Nancy Botta, 2021
Almost dawn. (senryu)
Category Archives: haiku
Vernal equinox. (hiaku)
Ribboned plastic bag
enlaced within an elm tree;
robin weaves her nest.
© Nancy Botta, 2021
Refuse. (haiku)
burnt leaves and plastic
swallowed by eddies and waves—
our marriage, undone
© Nancy Botta, 2020
Contusion. (haiku)
Blue mottled with black,
thick clouds clot above concrete—
right eye swollen shut.
© Nancy Botta, 2020
when we leave. (haiku)
Thousands of cameras
observe an empty city;
deer gaze at streetlights.
© Nancy Botta, 2020
Rusted Honey 