Vanguard haiku, page 4

WHR Autumn 2020

Vanguard Haiku

Page 4

covid emptiness...

walking in the fields,

I pause at a scarecrow

K. Ramesh

covid silence...

so clear the call

of a cuckoo far away

K. Ramesh

lunchtime...

the raven I feed

comes closer

K. Ramesh

the new normal--

stockpiling masks and

hand sanitizers

Sondra Rosenberg

coronavirus worries

the curve of my black

cat’s back

Cynthia Rowe

end of January

my shopping list of the seeds

longer and longer

D.V.Rozic

late night stroll…

the bliss of breathing

without a mask

Srinivas S

ruined plans

we see the beach

only in photos

Vessislava Savova

during the pandemic

somebody’s scarlet

bergamot blossoms

rich schnell

these days of lockdown

seizing the moment so needed—

the bush warbler’s song

Marie Shimane

so unaffected

by social distancing

clusters of blossoms

Marie Shimane

just enough time left

to meet again with old friends

and watch stars daydream

Marie Shimane

solitude imposed

driving in the dead of night

safely-distanced stars

Marie Shimane

the virus hiding,

wanting to be left alone

in a warm, wet lung

Stuart Jay Silverman

covid-19

reading the astral transit

ceaseless lockdown

R.K.Singh

quarantine

even the tits

have stopped visiting

Tomislav Sjekloća

Realizing

I want to live

sunrise

Christina Sng

deep woods

the calls of two barred owls

closing the distance

Mary Stevens

face mask

my sunscreen budget

halved

Mary Stevens

online meeting

the cat’s awareness

of others in the room

Mary Stevens

near the wharf

walking in the fog pretending

I'm not alone

Barbara Tate

a sea of masks

muffle conversation

the sunlit beach

Carrie Ann Thunell

ocean waves

still rising and falling

her lungs

Carrie Ann Thunell

medic helicopter

rattles the window

my bones

Carrie Ann Thunell

my mind slips

from the just-bitten-cookie

news stats scrolling by

Carrie Ann Thunell

the bouquet’s scent

overpowered

by hand sanitizer

Carrie Ann Thunell

never sure now

what day it is

or where it went

Rp Verlaine

Corona Virus

drinking more now than ever

with the bars closed

Rp Verlaine

to play or not to

one sided conversations

with my old records

Rp Verlaine

contact tracing

the list of persons infected

by her smile

Rashmi VeSa

People are dying

but still the hyacinths bloom—

and the crocuses

Caroline Wermuth

locked down golf course

ground squirrels, deer, and a moose

play uncut fairways

Tyson West

ather’s widow

laughs at COVID – a new end

of many

Tyson West

summer morning

is she smiling

behind her mask?

Ernest Wit