marlene mountain
other-line linked haiku
1978/80
other-line linked haiku november 1978-december 1980
marlene mountain, elizabeth s lamb (usa), veronique mcnalley (africa), melodee unthank, jan bostok (australia), anna vakar (canada), frances hatfield (mexico), kris young (japan)
pale green wings of the luna moth
how they fold together then open
esl 11/13/78
along the boardwalk
shop windows still boarded up
the honk of wild geese
lad 12/28/78
vm 1/4/79
mu 1/16/79
the cicada's cry
pierces my carapace
jb 2/22/79
make way for turtles!
the wild woman of Borneo
crosses the street
av 5/4/79
dark ponds waking, around shells,
orifices, space rounding
fh 5/21/79
dusk
in the paddy fields
mud up to the shoulders
ky 6/22/79
slowly into the tub slowly into herself
mm 7/24/79
lifting the bucket
she adjusts her hard hat and steps
onto the catwalk
esl 8/13/79
slim singers avoiding thorns
she cuts the long-stemmed rose
lad 9/13/79
tear in the sheet
my feet feel for it
mu
the stepping stone
moves
my pulse
jb
the sun moving through wounded pastels
vm 8/8/80
i reach for the moon and find her within
mm 8/17/80
kicking violently
the baby turning over
avoids a breach birth
lad
striving for co-existence
maguey and cactus
crowding my pathway ahead
fh 11/12/80
the river splits at the island rock
av 12/2/80
reflected
in the dark waters
her pale face
esl 12/28/80
Modern Haiku 20:1 1989
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