Friday, July 24, 2026

Rain Haiku by Joshua St. Claire

Ali Ramazan Çiftçi



Rain Haiku


all day rain

now that I no longer know

you


raising their hands

to the rain

skeleton elms


a rain squall extinguishes

the cherry blossoms

                     …petrichor 


alone

in the circumference

of rain 


rain lash

seven pelicans

right into the storm 


scars

rains slashes

the window


storm over the Atlantic rains dissolve the horizon


acute angles

a southern gale blasts long mountain

with rain


bitter tea

sinking down

in all day rain


all there is rain on rain


© 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.


4 comments:

  1. Well done write, enjoyed the form and message

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  2. Joshua,

    Really enjoyed how you created a larger compelling suite from these individual haiku sections -- and the coda was a very nice addition!

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  3. Love the “skeleton elms.” Great description.

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