Lauren Mayhew
shooting star
my wish for
an unhurried life
Heron’s Nest Volume XIII, Number 2: June 2011
beach cottage
the musty smell
of old novels
Heron’s Nest, Volume XIII, Number 4: December 2011
moonless night
the yellow face
of a steeple clock
A Hundred Gourds, 1:2 Spring 2012
starless night
the small comfort
of tree lights
bottle rockets, 14:1, summer 2012
first cold day
the cat kneads
a patch of sunlight
Heron’s Nest, XIV:2, June 2012
first warm day
the hum
of Harleys
Heron’s Nest, XIV:3, September 2012
swing and a miss
the radio announcer’s voice
drowns out the rain
Heron’s Nest, XIV:3, September 2012
city bus
a diversity
of ring tones
Frogpond 35:3, Fall 2012
September dusk
fading light
through monarch wings
bottle rockets #28, Winter 2012
purple hues
in her silver hair
autumn twilight
Modern Haiku 44.1, Winter/Spring 2013
spring breeze
a wisp of hair
escapes her burka
Award Credit: Runner Up, The Haiku Calendar Competition, 2013
Publication Credit: The Haiku Calendar 2014 (Snapshot Press, 2013
tree lighting…
for a moment
I forget to grieve
Acorn #30, Spring 2013
garage sale
a leaf spins onto
the stack of 45s
Frogpond 36:2, Spring/Summer 2013
Korean market
she gives me my change
with both hands
Prune Juice, Issue 10, July 2013
another bout of his mood swings sand in my flip flops
Bottlerockets, Volume 13, #2