Dorothy Doyle Mienko

I'M LEARNING TO LOVE HAIKU

I'm reading this poem
by Richard Wright;
it's beautiful

a haiku, in which he tells me
a bull has just ejaculated
onto an apple blossom.

I see liquid-pink petals
even though it's snowing.

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Email: ddm525@home.com Publications: Stirring, etc.

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