clapping cormorants
strung along the shoreline
sun down
a common murre
behind the Sea & Sandbar Grill
a generous tip
those two running
under his upended coat
early spring rain
the nurse's gentle knock
ends visiting hours
winter twilight
* Neal Whitman is a poet who splits his time pretty evenly between Western form and haiku poetry; over 100 haiku have been published in general poetry and haiku journals. In 2009 two of his haiku were awarded honorable mention in the Yuki Teikei Haiku Contest judged by masters in Japan. Neal's wife, Elaine, also writes haiku, and together they like to bring stones and words back from their daily shoreline walk.
