Alanna C. Burke
Born in 1952
Residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Alanna C. Burke lives north of Santa Fe, New Mexico in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, where she divides her time between writing poetry and working as business manager for her husband, the artist William Berra. Her poetry has been published in print and online periodicals including Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, Frogpond, NOON : journal of the short poem, bottle rockets, Kingfisher, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Wild Plum, Creatrix Haiku Journal, Shamrock, and Prune Juice.
unfinished poem
I add a wine stain
to the thesaurus
The Heron’s Nest Volume XXIV, Number 2: June, 2022
the weight
of words
pine box
Modern Haiku 52.2, Summer 2021
his step
on lemon thyme
surprise visit
Creatrix Haiku Journal 33: May, 2016
dictionary
the hour between
ab initio and azoth
Kingfisher 6, October, 2022
funeral mass
the dead man’s ashes
not invited
NOON: journal of the short poem 23: Spring 2023
going to work
in the dark in the cold
the stars
Modern Haiku 53.1, Winter-Spring 2022
his shirt
buttoned wrong
a sweet disorder
Kingfisher 4, October, 2021
last of summer
our conversation keeps pace
with the clouds
hedgerow 142, Summer 2023
summer heat
an infestation
of houseguests
Creatrix Haiku Journal 45: June, 2019
break in the clouds
a confetti of finches
changes my mind
Shamrock Haiku Journal 43: March, 2020
legal team’s
yes no maybe
cottonwood fluff
Modern Haiku 46.2, Summer 2015
a crow lands
in my perfect composition
painting en plein air
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 4:2: Spring/Summer 2021
ice
in the empty nest
moon sliver
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 6:1: Autumn/Winter 2022-2023
a titmouse
listens to my grievances
cold spring day
bottle rockets 36, February, 2017