Agnes is getting sick of Texas, even though she loves working at the university and playing oboe in local orchestras and a quintet; she will probably abscond abroad with her beloved partner, once her son graduates from high school in a couple years.
saudade
how your native tongue
feels in my mouth
(2nd Place, Little Iris Haiku Contest: Three Rivers Haiku Association of Croatia, 2020)
~
evening falls
with every breath
another color
(1st place, Haiku North America conference contest, Santa Fe, NM, 2017)
~
railroad crossing
this time
I’ve been given
(Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay, Pondhawk Press, Ed. Jacqueline Pearce, 2021)
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