MAGAZINES

by Tricia Knoll

Image source: 20 mm AA Guns

Magazines

once  seeing Life

now death 30 bullets at a crack

Tricia Knoll grew up in the 50s when the arrival of Life Magazine was a big deal for everyone in the family. A Portland, Oregon poet, she watches the mutations of word meanings. She maintains a daily haiku practice.

A SIGH OF RELIEF

by Barbara A Taylor


a sigh of relief
big bird takes off
back to the same


Barbara A Taylor’s Japanese short form poems appear in international journals and anthologies on line and in print, including Haigaonline, Eucalypt, Atlas Poetica, The Heron's Nest, Frogpond, Kokako, Simply Haiku. She lives in the Rainbow Region, Northern NSW, Australia.

Image source: Chris Piascik based on a tweet by Dan Cedarholm