OR | Haiku Triptych

Terrace

dwarf bamboo province

rhapsody in plain yellow

phoenix still in flight

. . . . .

Lessons

veiled difficulties

spill sequences of cracked glass

fly away from home

. . . . .

Reading

out the third letters

of Egyptian poetry —

eighteen sonnets left

. . . . .

Poet: Susan Powers Bourne
Source: Women.Poets.Oregon
Process: Cento haiku