Kelly Sargent
Date of birth: 1970
Place of birth: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Present place of residence: Williston, Vermont, USA
Website: http://www.kellysargent.com
Kelly Sargent is an award-winning hearing impaired author and artist. Her debut collection of haiku and senryu poems is entitled Bookmarks (Red Moon Press, 2023).
campfire sparks
teenagers
slip away
Frogpond, Volume 45:1, Winter 2022
hospice book cart
bookmarks
between the pages
The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXIV, Number 4, December 2022 (Special Mention, Readers’ Choice Awards)
backyard stargazing . . .
still a stranger
to the owl
Honorable Mention, The H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest 2023
summer heat
I braid her hair
without asking
Frogpond, Volume 46:1, Winter 2023
mud season again —
the crow’s feet
a little deeper
Modern Haiku, Issue 54.2, Summer 2023
maid-of-honor dress
the hem
beginning to unravel
Modern Haiku, Issue 53.1, Winter/Spring 2022
baby’s first steps
a mother’s breath
on tiptoe
Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2022
without
my consent
pond reflection
Presence, Issue 71, 2021
wearing mom’s sweater
her arms
around me again
Cold Moon Journal, June 2023
nursing home
rosy-cheeked
in the frame
Presence, Issue 73, 2022
wayward river ripples night stars
The Pan Haiku Review, Spring 2023
mourning doves recalling our swan song
The Pan Haiku Review, Spring 2023
her last letter
in cursive . . .
willow in the wind
hedgegrow, Issue 142, 2023
sycamore shade
my lap has room
for one more
hedgegrow, Issue 142, 2023
first kick
in the womb
squash blossom
morning tea
last night’s dream
at the bottom of the cup
Rattle, Issue 80, 2023
Bookmarks, Red Moon Press, 2023
dandelion
in the crack —
signing the divorce papers
Rattle, Issue 80, 2023
Bookmarks, Red Moon Press, 2023