small heron
a blueberry crown
begins to flare
*
trotters at night
a speckled moth
swings wide
*
dead hamster
lining the tin
with mint leaves
*
night krewe
a toddler sips
from last year’s cup
*
early magnolia
a budding range
of personalities
*
her blond suitcase
without wheels
attic dolls
*
pajamas with feet her urge to burst free
*
by candlelight
the dance
of blue nacre
*
a green heron
deposits her crumb
painting the lure’s eye
*
kite store
the warm twist
of an onshore breeze
*Bill Cooper is a professor and president emeritus at the University of Richmond. He has been writing haiku since 2009, and his haiku appear in a variety of journals.
NOTE: the green heron, unlike other birds, uses food to lure fish
