Indian summer
still in sneakers
that refuse to die
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Mom’s 90th
I wish upon
a four-leaf clover
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May sunset
her little red wagon
circles the block
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62 now
more clocks
than rooms
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Robert Epstein is a licensed
psychologist who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has edited
several anthologies: The Breath of Surrender: A Collection of
Recovery-Oriented Haiku; Dreams Wander On: Contemporary Poems of Death
Awareness; and The Temple Bell Stops: Contemporary Poems of Grief, Loss
and Change; as well as two books of haiku: Checkout Time is Noon: Death
Awareness Haiku; and A Walk Around Spring Lake: Haiku. His most current anthology, The Sacred in
Contemporary Haiku, was released in 2014.
More clocks than rooms. Love these pieces. Thanks for sharing. Ralph
ReplyDeleteLovely collectin Robert, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable, Robert.
ReplyDeleteWishing on that four leaf clover too. A ninety-year old mother.
Such a gift.