2026, broken haiku, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

the john quills survive

[a broken haiku]

daffodil’s respite
from a fool’s spring: March
marches forward

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Mick Parsons
Mick Parsons

Poet. Essayist. Fictioner. Steamboat fireman. Bit of a grackle.

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2025, Haiku, Ohio River Valley Literature, river life

a broken haiku for abandoned toys

loved and abandoned
stuffed animals on a wharf bench
a childhood gone

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2025, ad / notare, Haiku, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, summer

ad notare 2025: 57

[haiku for the first day of summer]

clear crisp sunrise
the clouds kissed with pink —
keep this moment

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