A haiku sequence.

Contributed by Jeffrey Winke, William Schmidtkunz & Charlie Rossiter

search
for a do-dad of hope -
junk drawer

- JW

chest of drawers
grandfather's hush hush cabinet -
turning a key

- WS

in dad's old tool chest
pictures of a woman
who's not mom

- CR

mom's painting -
koi surfacing
for bubbles of air

- JW

she's last to sleep
family, night worries
thumbing a rosary

- WS

thoughts and prayers
thoughts and prayers,
but nothing changes

- CR

curled on the couch
mug of darjeeling
warms her hand

- JW

farewell friend
even mountains separate-
now our paths as well

- WS

pine winds blow softly,
I stand here like a lost flower
an empty drifting boat

- CR

back of closet
deep in a pocket
my talisman

- JW