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WHR Autumn 2020
Vanguard Haiku
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Zatsui, Haiku of Merit
Continued
quarantine
in a children's room
fairy tales spreading
Marta Chocilowska
detached lovers
the scent of bloomy linden
that's all they have
Marta Chocilowska
self-isolation
turning my balcony
into a greenhouse
Cezar Ciobika
Breaking the lockdown –
mass gathering of verses
on the paper.
Vassileios Comporozos
Dementia –
his mind on lockdown
for three years now
Vassileios Comporozos
The fish in the bowl
knows her story in detail -
abused woman
Vassileios Comporozos
scent of spring
lovers on daily walks
keep their distance
Vera Constantineau*
virus-emptied church
at the edge of Mary's skirt
a mouse appears
Vera Constantineau
June bride
virtuously distanced
in the church courtyard
Vera Constantineau
after the service
the graveyard buzzes
with bees and butterflies
Vera Constantineau
lockdown
talking to my son
about life
Maria Concetta Conti
listening
to my prayer
crickets chirping
Maria Concetta Conti
unmasked beachcombers
walk the sands, skip through the waves
death in every breeze
Nancy Cook
fingers try to touch
through window glass and loved ones
say good byes by phone
Nancy Cook
dark days, moonless nights
nurses sleep alone in cars
dreams of suicide
Nancy Cook
dry cough she mutters allergies
Bill Cooper
lockdown
each day the swim
a little longer
Bill Cooper
midnight
every light on
in virology
Bill Cooper
Kids going to school
Drawn to voices in their rooms
While I videoconference
Tony Daly
corona outbreak -
in my drawers
piles of love poems
Ana Drobot
social distance -
the roses are planted
apart
Ana Drobot
our conversation
face masks hinder
eyes working overtime
Martin Esposito
masking their faces
each day a costume party
they’d rather avoid
Vic Fleming
social distancing,
index case, patient zero—
terms … freshly … growing
Vic Fleming
padlocked fence
two squirrels play
in an empty schoolyard
Jay Friedenberg
shuttered storefronts
the peonies
still open for business
Jay Friedenberg
self-isolation
the unending wail
of ambulance sirens
Jay Friedenberg
candlelight vigil
the police
take a knee
Jay Friedenberg
she pricks my finger
takes my blood pressure
breakfast grows cold
William Scott Galasso
swans glide in canals
gondolas and tourists gone
dolphins too return
Marianne Gambaro
spring lockdown —
the library windows stare
into the emptiness
Goran Gatalica
end of lockdown
the twinkle of stars
in the night sky
Eufemia Griffo
counting
the rotations of fan -
self quarantine
Kinshuk Gupta
shut down -
only squirrels
visit the temple
Kinshuk Gupta
the world in turmoil
watching grass grow
in my backyard
John J. Han
pestilence
the echo of cicadas
in empty streets
John J. Han
a new pastime:
watching the shapes and colors
of face masks
John J. Han
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