THREE HAIKU BY JOHN J. DUNPHY

July 4th fireworks

the veteran’s ears

plugged with cotton

— hedgerow, issue 140

traffic jam

sound of honks

from overhead geese

— Red Eft Review, 12.16.22

street corner

panhandler and a passerby share

Iraq war stories

— Red Eft Review, 12.15.22

John J. Dunphy’s poetry collections include Stellar Possibilities, Zen Koanhead , pagan rites, Old Soldiers Fading Away, Dark Nebulae, Bullet Cluster and Touching Each Tree.