tinywords 10.2: Summer 2010

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TINYWORDS ISSUE 10.2

S UMMER 2010


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TINYWORDS 10.2: SUMMER, 2010

This issue was originally published on tinywords.comfrom July 6 to September 22, 2010, and is archived at http://tinywords.com/category/issue-10-2/

Editor and publisher: d. f. tweney

Assistant editors: John Emil Vincent, Shae Davidson

Collection copyright 2010 by d. f. tweney.

Individual poems are copyright their respectivecreators, and are used with permission.

The title page art is based on a photograph by Matteo

Angelino and is used under a Creative Commons License.

Previous publication credits, where applicable, are listedat the end of this book.

ISSN 2157-5010
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sunriseall at oncebirds leap from the water

DEBORAH F INKELSTEIN
http://tinywords.com/author/dfinkelstein/http://tinywords.com/author/dfinkelstein/http://tinywords.com/author/dfinkelstein/http://tinywords.com/author/dfinkelstein/http://tinywords.com/author/dfinkelstein/http://tinywords.com/author/dfinkelstein/


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free from schoolthe chalk dancesacross the sidewalk

P EGDUTHIE
http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/http://tinywords.com/author/pduthie/


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summer at last I blow away a grey hairfrom my keyboard

F REDF LOHR
http://tinywords.com/author/reyershove/http://tinywords.com/author/reyershove/http://tinywords.com/author/reyershove/http://tinywords.com/author/reyershove/http://tinywords.com/author/reyershove/http://tinywords.com/author/reyershove/


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new moonlast years kiteslumped in the corner

H ELEN BUCKINGHAM
http://tinywords.com/author/hbuckingham/http://tinywords.com/author/hbuckingham/http://tinywords.com/author/hbuckingham/http://tinywords.com/author/hbuckingham/http://tinywords.com/author/hbuckingham/http://tinywords.com/author/hbuckingham/


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museum hallchildren studytheir echoes

BOUWE BROUWER
http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/


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fading tattooshe hauls her wheelchairfrom the beach

D AVIDS ERJEANT
http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/


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T ANKA

the voiceof a wrong numberfor a moment wishing I was the daughtershes trying to reach

K ATHE L. P ALKA
http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/


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old ponda crab sneaking intothe sunken sneaker

H ELGAH RLE
http://tinywords.com/author/hharle/http://tinywords.com/author/hharle/http://tinywords.com/author/hharle/http://tinywords.com/author/hharle/http://tinywords.com/author/hharle/http://tinywords.com/author/hharle/


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leaf shadowsspatter my skinthis heat

ANN K. S CHWADER
http://tinywords.com/author/aschwader/http://tinywords.com/author/aschwader/http://tinywords.com/author/aschwader/http://tinywords.com/author/aschwader/http://tinywords.com/author/aschwader/http://tinywords.com/author/aschwader/http://tinywords.com/author/aschwader/http://tinywords.com/author/aschwader/


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gnarled banksiasentwined like old loversalong the trackhow many years now

have we been together?

B ARBARA A T AYLOR
http://tinywords.com/author/bataylor/http://tinywords.com/author/bataylor/http://tinywords.com/author/bataylor/http://tinywords.com/author/bataylor/http://tinywords.com/author/bataylor/http://tinywords.com/author/bataylor/http://tinywords.com/author/bataylor/http://tinywords.com/author/bataylor/


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woods edgestepping insidethe sound of river

P ETERN EWTON
http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/


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mockingbird an octave shy of the moon

BILLIE DEE
http://tinywords.com/author/billiedee/http://tinywords.com/author/billiedee/http://tinywords.com/author/billiedee/http://tinywords.com/author/billiedee/http://tinywords.com/author/billiedee/http://tinywords.com/author/billiedee/


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war ruinssuddenly the cicadasstop

D AVIDS ERJEANT
http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/http://tinywords.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/war-ruins-haiga.jpghttp://tinywords.com/author/dserjeant/


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Cigarette smokecurls against the white moon.

C HRIS M ORAN
http://tinywords.com/author/cmoran/http://tinywords.com/author/cmoran/http://tinywords.com/author/cmoran/http://tinywords.com/author/cmoran/http://tinywords.com/author/cmoran/http://tinywords.com/author/cmoran/


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father-daughter talk my fishing lurecaught in the moon

AUBRIE C OX
http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/


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something lessthan the speed of light camellia blossoms

M ATTHEW M. C ARIELLO
http://tinywords.com/author/mcariello/http://tinywords.com/author/mcariello/http://tinywords.com/author/mcariello/http://tinywords.com/author/mcariello/http://tinywords.com/author/mcariello/http://tinywords.com/author/mcariello/http://tinywords.com/author/mcariello/http://tinywords.com/author/mcariello/


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the junkyard cranegrabs another carwind-tossed poppies

T ANYAM C DONALD
http://tinywords.com/author/tmcdonald/http://tinywords.com/author/tmcdonald/http://tinywords.com/author/tmcdonald/http://tinywords.com/author/tmcdonald/http://tinywords.com/author/tmcdonald/http://tinywords.com/author/tmcdonald/http://tinywords.com/author/tmcdonald/http://tinywords.com/author/tmcdonald/


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laundry in the gardenthe colorful dressesfull of butterflies

M AGORZATA M IKSIEWICZ
http://tinywords.com/author/mmiksiewicz/http://tinywords.com/author/mmiksiewicz/http://tinywords.com/author/mmiksiewicz/http://tinywords.com/author/mmiksiewicz/http://tinywords.com/author/mmiksiewicz/http://tinywords.com/author/mmiksiewicz/


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rising from prayer

i find myself

in tourist photographs

KARASU

/ R

OSS C

LARK
http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/http://tinywords.com/author/karasu/


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a row of white housesacross the baythe glint of binoculars

M ARK K OERBER
http://tinywords.com/author/mkoerber/http://tinywords.com/author/mkoerber/http://tinywords.com/author/mkoerber/http://tinywords.com/author/mkoerber/http://tinywords.com/author/mkoerber/http://tinywords.com/author/mkoerber/


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bush track and mountainsall I can seeis one horse fly

DUNCAN RICHARDSON
http://tinywords.com/author/drichardson/http://tinywords.com/author/drichardson/http://tinywords.com/author/drichardson/http://tinywords.com/author/drichardson/http://tinywords.com/author/drichardson/http://tinywords.com/author/drichardson/


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between rootsa woodchuck gathering sun

M ICHELE L. H ARVEY
http://tinywords.com/author/mharvey/http://tinywords.com/author/mharvey/http://tinywords.com/author/mharvey/http://tinywords.com/author/mharvey/http://tinywords.com/author/mharvey/http://tinywords.com/author/mharvey/http://tinywords.com/author/mharvey/http://tinywords.com/author/mharvey/


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a beach day like any otheruntil she unwindsthe ties of her bikini

S COTT DUKE K OMINERS
http://tinywords.com/author/skominers/http://tinywords.com/author/skominers/http://tinywords.com/author/skominers/http://tinywords.com/author/skominers/http://tinywords.com/author/skominers/http://tinywords.com/author/skominers/http://tinywords.com/author/skominers/http://tinywords.com/author/skominers/


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The sky darkens

The ocean replies

K ATHERINE S COTT
http://tinywords.com/author/kscott/http://tinywords.com/author/kscott/http://tinywords.com/author/kscott/http://tinywords.com/author/kscott/http://tinywords.com/author/kscott/http://tinywords.com/author/kscott/


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Falling rain,the priest kneels before an empty altar.

J ON S UMMERS
http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/http://tinywords.com/author/jsummers/


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a solitary bird calls to the space between lightning andthunder

ANGIE WERREN
http://tinywords.com/author/awerren/http://tinywords.com/author/awerren/http://tinywords.com/author/awerren/


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my colleagueflirting with the workmen. . . endless summer rain

D AVIDS ERJEANT


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rain in the puddleI have nothing to giveto the street musicians

V ALERIAS IMONOVA-C ECON
http://tinywords.com/author/vcecon/http://tinywords.com/author/vcecon/http://tinywords.com/author/vcecon/http://tinywords.com/author/vcecon/http://tinywords.com/author/vcecon/http://tinywords.com/author/vcecon/http://tinywords.com/author/vcecon/http://tinywords.com/author/vcecon/


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towpatha blue heron shiftsthe twilight

(for Lenard D. Moore)

ROBERTABEARY
http://tinywords.com/author/rbeary/http://tinywords.com/author/rbeary/http://tinywords.com/author/rbeary/http://tinywords.com/author/rbeary/http://tinywords.com/author/rbeary/http://tinywords.com/author/rbeary/


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gonewith the stormthe wind chimesmy neighbors quarreldeep into the night

B ARRY GOODMANN
http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/


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seaside rest homethe gentle swellof his belly

BOUWE BROUWER
http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/http://tinywords.com/author/bbrouwer/


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over my thoughts the hush of pines

P ETERN EWTON
http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/http://tinywords.com/author/pnewton/


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Her last summereach day bringsa new flower

M ICHELLE S ANDERS
http://tinywords.com/author/msanders/http://tinywords.com/author/msanders/http://tinywords.com/author/msanders/http://tinywords.com/author/msanders/http://tinywords.com/author/msanders/http://tinywords.com/author/msanders/


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workdays enda construction worker peesinto the summer sun

DIETMART AUCHNER
http://tinywords.com/author/dtauchner/http://tinywords.com/author/dtauchner/http://tinywords.com/author/dtauchner/http://tinywords.com/author/dtauchner/http://tinywords.com/author/dtauchner/http://tinywords.com/author/dtauchner/


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cobwebsfill the curveof the snow shovel

BILLW ATERS
http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/http://tinywords.com/author/bwaters/


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dropping my dog off at the kennel her whineamid all the barks

K ATHE L. P ALKA
http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/http://tinywords.com/author/kpalka/


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after the hurricaneonly the moon

C. P. H ARRISON
http://tinywords.com/author/cpharrison/http://tinywords.com/author/cpharrison/http://tinywords.com/author/cpharrison/http://tinywords.com/author/cpharrison/http://tinywords.com/author/cpharrison/http://tinywords.com/author/cpharrison/http://tinywords.com/author/cpharrison/http://tinywords.com/author/cpharrison/


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last day of vacationthe blackberrieswont let me go

ALEXAS ELPH
http://tinywords.com/author/aselph/http://tinywords.com/author/aselph/http://tinywords.com/author/aselph/http://tinywords.com/author/aselph/http://tinywords.com/author/aselph/http://tinywords.com/author/aselph/


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cloudy dayI wave at the neighborsI dont know

J OANNE M ORCOM
http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/


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a spider

on the floor tilecheckmate

M ELINDAB. H IPPLE
http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/


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daughter andmother thesame hard face

D AVIDS ERJEANT


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bus stopan empty benchand a bag lunch

S UE BURKE
http://tinywords.com/author/sue-burke/http://tinywords.com/author/sue-burke/http://tinywords.com/author/sue-burke/http://tinywords.com/author/sue-burke/http://tinywords.com/author/sue-burke/http://tinywords.com/author/sue-burke/


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from pampas grassa dragonfly emergesthunderclaps

J OANNE M ORCOM
http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/http://tinywords.com/author/jmorcom/


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gusty windchasing one anotherthree plastic cups

ROMAN LYAKHOVETSKY
http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/http://tinywords.com/author/romanl/


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beach partythe last drop of sunlight caught in a glass

B ARRY GOODMANN
http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/http://tinywords.com/author/bgoodmann/


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raincurtainof absences

J OSEPH QUINTON
http://tinywords.com/author/jquinton/http://tinywords.com/author/jquinton/http://tinywords.com/author/jquinton/http://tinywords.com/author/jquinton/http://tinywords.com/author/jquinton/http://tinywords.com/author/jquinton/


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the little spider

hunches sidewaysnight shift

M ELINDAB. H IPPLE
http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/http://tinywords.com/author/mhipple/


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whispering grass ~the scythes sound against the stone

D ANA-M ARIAONICA
http://tinywords.com/author/dmonica/http://tinywords.com/author/dmonica/http://tinywords.com/author/dmonica/http://tinywords.com/author/dmonica/http://tinywords.com/author/dmonica/http://tinywords.com/author/dmonica/http://tinywords.com/author/dmonica/http://tinywords.com/author/dmonica/


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World Seriesanother layer of paint flakes off the fence

P ATRICIABENEDICT
http://tinywords.com/author/pbenedict/http://tinywords.com/author/pbenedict/http://tinywords.com/author/pbenedict/http://tinywords.com/author/pbenedict/http://tinywords.com/author/pbenedict/http://tinywords.com/author/pbenedict/


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summers endlilies pointingtoward earth

P ATRICK M. P ILARSKI
http://tinywords.com/author/pilarski/http://tinywords.com/author/pilarski/http://tinywords.com/author/pilarski/http://tinywords.com/author/pilarski/http://tinywords.com/author/pilarski/http://tinywords.com/author/pilarski/http://tinywords.com/author/pilarski/http://tinywords.com/author/pilarski/


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collecting stonesfrom the riverwhere I was baptizedmoonlight washes over me

AUBRIE C OX
http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/http://tinywords.com/author/acox/


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summers endrearranging gravelin the Zen garden

C AROLR AISFELD
http://tinywords.com/author/craisfeld/http://tinywords.com/author/craisfeld/http://tinywords.com/author/craisfeld/http://tinywords.com/author/craisfeld/http://tinywords.com/author/craisfeld/http://tinywords.com/author/craisfeld/


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last bloomclosingthe shears

C LAUDETTE RUSSELL
http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/http://tinywords.com/author/crussell/


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E DITOR' S N OTE

Both the quantity and quality of work submitted for thisissue were astonishing. Over a 15-day period, we received875 submissions, including poems, haiga and haibun.

Selecting three months worth of daily poems from that incredible pool was really difficultnot just because of

the volume, but because we had to say no to many terrificpoems. If your work didnt find its way into this issue,please rest assured thats not necessarily a judgment on itsquality, even in the editors own admittedly idiosyncraticestimation.

I hope you enjoy the selection, and this presentation.

N OTES ON THE P OEMS

page 1, sunrise Previous publication in Bear Creek Haiku, Autumn 2008.

page 7, fading tattoos Originally published in Presence.

page 8, Tanka Previously published in RibbonsVol. 5 No.3.

page 12, wood's edge Honorable Mention in Kaji AsoStudio 2010 Haiku Contest (Boston, Massachusetts).


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page 13, mockingbird Previously publishedin Roadrunner Haiku Journal IX:2.

page 14, war ruins Authors note: The photo was taken(and the haiku was composed) in a bombed out hotelcomplex on the Croatian coast last year.

page 25, the sky darkens This poem is included in ahand-bound, self-published book called Driftwords: TinyPoems for the Ocean.

page 27, a solitary bird First appeared on twitter .

page 28, my colleague Originally published in Riverbed .

page 30, towpath Previous publications: miniwords2008 haiku contest 3rd place; Haiku Poets CentralMaryland 2008 poemsheet lunch break.

page 37, dropping my dog off First published in theAustralian journal paper wasp , autumn, 2009.

tinywords publishes each issue serially, one poem perweekday, at http://tinywords.com . The poems in thisissue are also readable online, along with responses byreaders, at the following URL:http://tinywords.com/category/issue-10-2/
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