27 February, 2024
You lean in the wind,
scalloped skin shedding in sheets,
beech-peeled papyrus.
© Bill Engleson 2024
I both reveal and conceal in my writings. (Canada)
Bill’s haiku were all shortlisted for the Featured Haiku Writer slots.
This haiku is part of our THREE TREES series.
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20 February, 2024
I swam in grey sky,
sank in a sea of dead wood,
fell in with tricksters.
© Bill Engleson 2024
I both reveal and conceal in my writings. (Canada)
Bill’s haiku were all shortlisted for the Featured Haiku Writer slots.
This haiku is part of our THREE TREES series.
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27 June, 2023
In a wisp of time,
sweet fragrance, honeyed jewel,
until dark descends
© Bill Engleson 2023
Each syllable is a step toward the light.
Bill's haiku were shortlisted for this theme.
This haiku is part of our ORCHID series.
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29 May, 2023
The inverse aligns,
pale partitions shape our dreams.
as the curtain falls.
© Bill Engleson 2023
Each syllable is a step toward the light.
Bill's haiku were shortlisted for this theme.
This haiku is part of our ORCHID series.
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12 May, 2023
You signal to me,
so slight, so clustered, so low,
that I suffocate
© Bill Engleson 2023
Each syllable is a step toward the light.
Bill's haiku were shortlisted for this theme.
This haiku is part of our ORCHID series.
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