Haiku--By Elizabeth Howard--United States

no power for miles

a patch of blue stars breaks

through the clouds

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wayside cafe . . .

dissecting

the daily special

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winter abiding . . .

but in the hospital room

green buds of hope

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Elizabeth Howard lives in Crossville, Tennessee. She writes poetry and fiction. Her poems have appeared in Comstock Review, Big Muddy, Appalachian Heritage, Cold Mountain Review, Poem, Still, Mobius, Now & Then, Slant, and other journals.