Merrill Ann Gonzales
Born in Queens, New York, USA
Living in Dayville, Connecticut, USA
http://snowbirdpress.wordpress.com
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Merrill Ann Gonzales
blood red shoots emerge –
my grandmother’s peonies
at my mother’s door
Mayfly 21 (April 1996)
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autumn equinox –
the flowers on my porch
hang upside down
Modern Haiku 35:1 (winter-spring 2004)
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between boot tracks
in a bed of pine needles –
lady slippers
Woodnotes 28 (spring 1996)
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cicadas –
my strength flows
into the day’s heat
The Heron’s Nest 8:4 (December 2006)
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holding dusk
in shadows behind the shed
white pheasant eyes
Frogpond 23:3 (2000)
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I rake dried leaves
from my garden path –
the smell of mint
Dandelion Clocks (HSA Members’ Anthology 2009)
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I wade in the brook
that he loved to paint –
pull of the current
Frogpond 36:2 (2003)
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in the turtle’s ear
the silent plush
of the kayak’s paddle
Robert Spiess Modern Haiku 34:1 (winter-spring 2003)
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Indian summer –
the doe turns
into the wind
The Heron’s Nest 5:2 (February 2003)
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moon child –
a different face
each morning
Acorn 23 (fall 2009), 15
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moonlight closing each daylily
Forrester, ed. Seed Packets (2009)
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new path –
the throat
of a violet
The Heron’s Nest 8:3 (September 2006)
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north wind
and the swirl of leaves –
this fire within
The Heron’s Nest 12:1 (March 2010)
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red-tail
with the sky
all to himself
Modern Haiku 41:1 (winter-spring 2010)
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shredded checks –
the robin weaves my life
into its nest
The Heron’s Nest 11:4 (December 2009)
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separated
from the spring garden
by a glass pane
Woodnotes 25 (summer 1995)
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slicing red peppers –
the secret
I can’t tell
Acorn 24 (spring 2010)
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stone in my pocket –
the brook cuts deeper
into the mountain
Harold G Henderson Awards 2006, HM
Frogpond 30:1 (winter 2007)
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snowmelt
sparrow checks
under each leaf
Modern Haiku 31:2 (summer 2000)
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the taste
of the peach I didn’t buy –
it’s aroma
Frogpond 33:1 (winter 2010)
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the town’s foundations –
ancient mill stone
lost in the woods
Bottle Rockets 6:2 (#12, 2005)
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throbbing cicadas
the same rhythm
as my pulse
Modern Haiku 41:1 (winter-spring 2010)
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winter wind
a wasp nest tumbles
from the eaves
The Heron’s Nest 4:2 (February 2002)