Dave Read
Born 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
http://davereadpoetry.blogspot.ca
darkness …
her name slips
into it
Acorn 37, Touchstone Award Winner 2016
October rain
Captain America
shields his candy
bottle rockets 34
ocean breeze ...
the coconut scent
of sunscreen
Haiku Canada Review Oct 2019
river bank …
a washed up
line of credit
Haiku Canada Review, Feb 2021
earth day …
the joke I tell
falls flat
Haiku Canada Review, Feb 2021
quiet night ...
a water strider rests
on a star
mountain path ...
I slip a little
into the past
day moon ...
a red-winged blackbird
circles back
afternoon nap …
a lawnmower
cuts it short
candle smoke
the afterlife
of prayer
Modern Haiku 47.3
late innings ...
the mound
of sunflower seeds
Modern Haiku 48.2
bird seed
he scatters a handful
of change
Modern Haiku 49.1
after the bomb
a clock
with no hands
Modern Haiku 49.2
garden hose
I straighten the kink
in my back
Modern Haiku 49.3
an outburst
from the bleachers …
summer moon!
Modern Haiku 50.3
winter produce …
the grocer imports
fruit flies
Modern Haiku 51.3
heavy snow …
I sink deeper
into my chair
Modern Haiku 52.1
a lifetime
of protest votes
day moon
evening train
I squeeze into
my headphones
all that shines
in a magpie’s nest …
morning frost
Presence 59
moonlit tide ...
a boy washes
ashore
Presence 64
river path ...
a growing crowd
of loners
Presence 67
mountain trail …
a bear crosses
my mind
twilight
every bird
a crow
adrift at sea
the god we pray to
waves
autumn dawn
the apple tree
ripe with robins
A Hundred Gourds 5:1
morning commute
the horizon bright
with headlights
A Hundred Gourds 5:2
pillbox
she divides
by zero
Bones 9
a gust
through the windsock
morning chill
brass bell Nov. 2015
drifting
between lanes
night fog
cattails Sep. 2015, Editor's Choice (haiku)
wilderness trail
he wanders off the edge
of his map
Frogpond 38.3
butterfly effect
the children stop
to watch
Frogpond 38.3
night winds
I let her go
to voicemail
Frogpond 39.1
freed
of it's cage
of ribs
Modern Haiku 47.1
tinywords 15.2
children's zoo
the first exhibit
my kids
cattails Jan 2015, Editor's Choice (senryu)