Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Moon Haiku by Joshua St. Claire


Moon Haiku

this moon

the first of all moons

indigo sky

 

just one skeleton

tree could shatter it

Mourning Moon

 

the fawn bones the cold moon

 

on the road

a stray tomcat yowling

through waning moonlight

 

this skull

under my skin

Leaflitter Moon

 

the moon after a cabbage white breaks in the scent of lightning

 

deepening indigo the moon takes shape

 

Bowstring Moon

the cry of a white-tail

echoes once

 

evening moon

deeper into the scent

of insects’ voice

 

slate sky

                the-all-at-once-but-not-enough of the streetlight moon


© Joshua St. Claire


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Joshua St. Claire


Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania, working as a financial director for a nonprofit. His haiku and related poetry have been published broadly, including in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, and Mayfly.


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