(Photo by Ann Wright, Plymouth, IN)
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Al Fogel (Miami Beach, FL)
Edward Jones (Stevens Point, WI)
Maggie Lawson (Christchurch, NZ)
Ray Scanlon (Rehoboth, MA)
Mitzi Sicking (Midland, TX)
Annie Welch (Louisville, KY)
Henry Visotski (Brooklyn, NY)
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Editor's Note:
Candles of romance
stuck in a hanukkiyah:
eight days long and hot.
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Henry Visotski
In school I majored
In Liberal Arts. Dear Sir,
Can you spare a dime?
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Maggie Lawson
cherry cheeks and prayers
painful hindsight swells beneath
in haemorrhoid hues
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Al Fogel
doubting dyslexic
wondering whether or not
there might be a dog
host of fireflies
greeting guests at motel six:
"we'll leave the light on"
hanging upside down
girl in sexy shoes walks by
fall head over heels
practicing Yoga
for years standing on my head
now have shoe fetish
newlyweds board ship
suckerfish attach to shark
whose the real sucker?
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Mitzi Sicking
Achoo! Common colds
Settle into lungs, making
Killer pneumonia.
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Edward Jones
looking to the sun
i bow, saying: here, look at
my balding head, please
there, in a back room
i find, among other things,
many, many things
in the silence, a sneeze--
startled looks, sneering faces
feelings of hate, anger
a box of kittens
thrown hard from a New York bridge--
single wasted box
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Ray Scanlon
In the three decker,
rude neighbor may burn in hell:
he practices drums.
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Annie Welch
I write to impress
I am doing it right now
do you feel special?
she wears cracked earrings
made of mirrors that hang low
with no reflection
You must be the one
to change swords back to words. Start
Erasing your lips.
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December 2010 AWESOME SAUCE: Annie Welch
She just found out that
lies make her angry. Rotting
words glazed with cherries
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So the year's over,
but we are not (as of yet):
submit your haiku!
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