Poetry
Tree Haiku
at the root of the red pine the absence of mountain
sowing
the wind
Bradford pear
hurricane remnants
the weeping willow
now a Van Gogh
mapleshadow
going where I cannot
the Susquehanna
a path I do not know the scent of falling leaves
tree whisper cloud panorama
night shifting
in the oaks
a fisher cat
the only remaining snow
spruceshadow
all day rain
at the foot of the elm
the remains of a cloud
the
hemlock’s
roots
breaking
through
the
shale
age
of
consent
Joshua St Claire
Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania works as a financial director for a non-profit. His haiku and related poetry have been published broadly including in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, and Mayfly. He has received recognition in the following international contests/awards for his work in these forms: the Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Award, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, the San Francisco International Award for Senryu, the Robert Speiss Memorial Award, the Touchstone Award for Individual Haiku, the British Haiku Society Award for Haiku, and the Trailblazer Award.