Ursula T. Gibson
Hope springs
eternal in the human breast."
Give a boy
a fishing pole. See?
© Ursula T. Gibson 2004
Since 1988 Ursula T. Gibson has published 3 chapbooks
and a CD of her poetry, her book, "Be Prepared, Don't Mumble, Look UP! or How to Read Poetry Aloud". Many of her
poems have been published in English-speaking countries. For the last eight years, she has been Poetry Editor of:
Poetic Voices
Deborah P. Kolodji
(i)
summer evening two fingers of poi at the luau
(ii) summer evening spent fishing on the lake a catch of mosquitoes
(iii)
summer evening after the lake trip calamine
lotion
(iv)
summer evening embers from the campfire change
direction
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meteor showers hiding behind a blanket of summer
clouds
mountain silhouette - lacing up her tired feet in
worn hiking boots
© by Deborah P. Kolodji 2002 & 2004
Michael Thaler
Breezy summer day Wind chimes entertain the birds I
sip my sweet tea
I'm an open book Feelings laid out like dried
fish In the summer sun
© by Michael Thaler
Michael Thaler, who lived in Japan for three
years, works as an English teacher, and studies karate and Japanese religion. He is employed as a copy editor at a daily newspaper
in New Jersey. Michael has this to say about haiku, "The older I get, the more Ican appreciate brevity, econonomy of words,
pithiness. That's why I love haiku. Now if only I could live my life like a haiku: In the moment." Michael's home page is:
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