Vanguard haiku, page 3
WHR Autumn 2020
Vanguard Haiku
Page 3
Zatsui, Haiku of Merit
continued
draught stirs
pages of gran’s diary
pre-covid days echo
Marilyn Humbert
cosmic storm
out of chaos sparks
of new life
Marilyn Humbert
coronavirus-
measuring whose loneliness
is greater
Dan Iulian
from isolation
the stars appear
more distant
Roberta Beach Jacobson
walking alone
my path returned
me to me
Vidur Jyoti
pandemic
I'm starting to forget
what her lips look like
Robert Kania
screech of wild parrots
a time when we are all
squirreled away
Deborah P Kolodji
a mask
beautiful eyes above
a new mystery
Joseph M. Kusmiss
confinement ...
watching spring
pass by
Natalia Kuznetsova
another month ...
over once polluted town
bright stars
Natalia Kuznetsova
without social distancing –
the tree
full of birds
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
taking off my mask
the scent of purple lilacs
arrives with the breeze
Priscilla H. Lignori
only when it's safe
the snail comes out of its shell—
life in quarantine
Priscilla H. Lignori
with statues torn down
pigeons pace bewilderedly—
Independence Day
Priscilla H. Lignori
meters apart
a stranger and I
forest bathing
Chen-ou Liu
crowded market—
she clears her way
with a cough
Carole MacRury
summer funeral—
all five people
sitting separately
Carole MacRury
July sky-
in his last message
still beats the heart
Carmela Marino
for this wheezing
deep within the ribcage
there is no answer
David McMurray
setting sun
slowly dyes the autumn leaves
students all in masks
David McMurray
home alone
a ladybug
breaks the quarantine
Radka Mindova
In the yard, six friends
six feet apart wearing masks—
fireflies speak for us.
Felicia Mitchell
Earth laughs in flowers,
or so Emerson once said—
but sometimes earth cries.
Felicia Mitchell
with masks and gloves
we look at each other
like two strangers
Vasile Moldovan
Neighbor‘s bed is empty-
he is gone, maybe home,
maybe in eternity
Vasile Moldovan
artificial lung -
every breath of air is worth
its weight in gold
Vasile Moldovan
hope keeps us alive
helps us trudging forward
towards a new horizon
Aju Mukhopadhyay
on fresh snow
the fir shadow blurs—first
signs of Covid-19
Angela Naccarato
masked faces,
talking
eyes
Rimi Nath
pandemic outbreak—
fear,
the cruelties of fear.
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
bad fate
my survival paid with
loneliness
Franjo Ordanić
home quarantine
video calls from
next room
Pravat Kumar Padhy
sowing seeds—
distance not mattered
for the gardener
Pravat Kumar Padhy
now when
the air is cleaner...
these masks
Vandana Parashar
quarantined
all my anger misdirects
at my kids
Vandana Parashar
above the mask
how I love the smile
in your eyes
Carol Raisfeld
longing…..
the magic of an
ordinary day
Carol Raisfeld
inside the day
inside the night
inside myself
Carol Raisfeld
Covid-19
searching for peace
in the chaos
Carol Raisfeld