Haiku--By Johnette Downing--United States

moon glow

each turning

of a page

Previously published--YAWP 2005

hole in the cloud

my nephew calls

for more money

Previously published--bottle rockets, #33

magnolia blossom

I unfold the kimono

instructions

Previously published--Frogpond, Vol 37:2

dandelions

old ladies

under hairdryers

Previously published--bottle rockets, #17

tai chi class

the weight

of air

Previously published--bottle rockets, #17

The co-founder of the New Orleans Haiku Society, Johnette Downing is a multi-award winning children's book author, musician and haiku poet. She has received twenty-one awards for her music, books and haiku and has performed in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Central America, North America and the Caribbean. Her haiku have appeared in Frogpond, bottle rockets, Modern Haiku, tiny words, YAWP, and various haiku books, anthologies and journals.