Marshall Bood

spring morning –
a bald man
shines his Harley

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall 2018

sunny coffeehouse –
she thanks me
for watching her laptop

bottle rockets #39, August 2018

freezing rain –
smokers outside
their designated area

The Heron’s Nest-Volume XXI, Number 1:March 2019

winter dragging on ...
cigarette butts frozen
in the ice

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2018

thin ice ...
human footprints
across the lake

Presence 61, July 2018

geese eating elm seeds floating on the lake

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2018

the pedestrian bridge
creaking worse ...
summer storm

Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2018

90th birthday party —
Grandpa adds
more salt

The Heron’s Nest Volume XIV, Number 3: September 2012

Adolescent Unit —
the blind girl asks
if I am handsome

Acorn #35 Fall 2015

winter persists —
she shakes
her nail polish

Acorn #31 Fall 2013

icy sidewalk ...
a grey line of pigeons
above the underpass

bottle rockets #27 Summer 2012

streets sparkle —
the white dog follows
the path in the snow

bottle rockets #27 Summer 2012

valley summer —
shale breaks
in our hands

bottle rockets #28 Winter 2013

winter night ...
the dog buries his bone
in the couch

Shamrock 25 2013

pigeons on the billboard advertising nothing

bottle rockets #34 Winter 2016

insomnia ...
a crow caws
sunrise

bottle rockets #32 Winter 2015

summer afternoon —
the saxophone busker
takes a drag

The Heron’s Nest Volume XIV, Number 2: June, 2012

dirty bus windows going to a movie

Modern Haiku 43.3 Autumn 2012

summer night —
a window shuts
on our conversation

The Heron’s Nest Volume XIX, Number 1: March 2017

crow caws
in all directions ...
the endless traffic

The Heron’s Nest Volume XII, Number 4: December 2010

cars parked
in the snow ...
alarms blinking

bottle rockets #37 Summer 2017