{"id":311,"date":"2011-07-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=311"},"modified":"2020-12-14T13:43:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:43:51","slug":"ten-haiku-from-bill-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/ten-haiku-from-bill-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Haiku from Bill Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"

small heron<\/span>
a blueberry crown<\/span>
begins to flare<\/span>

 *

<\/span>trotters at night<\/span>
a speckled moth<\/span>
             swings wide<\/span>

 *

<\/span>dead hamster<\/span>
lining the tin<\/span>
with mint leaves<\/span>

 *

<\/span>night krewe<\/span>
a toddler sips<\/span>
from last year\u2019s cup<\/span>

 *

<\/span>early magnolia<\/span>
a budding range<\/span>
of personalities<\/span>

 *

<\/span>her blond suitcase<\/span>
without wheels   <\/span>
attic dolls<\/span>

 *

<\/span>pajamas with feet her urge to burst free<\/span>

 *

<\/span>by candlelight<\/span>
the dance<\/span>
of blue nacre<\/span>

*

<\/span>a green heron<\/span>
deposits her crumb<\/span>
painting the lure\u2019s eye<\/span>

 *<\/span>

kite store<\/span>
the warm twist<\/span>
of an onshore breeze<\/span>
 <\/span>



*Bill Cooper<\/span> 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.<\/span>
 <\/span>
                           <\/span>
 <\/span>
NOTE:  the green heron, unlike other birds, uses food to lure fish<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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