Fingers stiff
small warmth
(Image by author.)
fireside fingers stiff
you open to page where sits
a small red flower
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Mark Francis
Published translator of verse and original writer of haiku, senryu, lyric, occasional and genre poetry and speculative fiction.
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Comments (7)
Congratulations! Love the last line.
Gosh, Mark, this haiku is quite lovely. Congratulations on your win!👏🌹
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Beautiful, evocative, magical. Congrats!!
congrats Mark!!
Congratulatoins!
Lovely! So much story spilling out of these three lines.