TWO HAIKU BY JOHN J. DUNPHY

Published in Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2022 issue

autumn

the fallen leaves red

with deer blood

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white noise

a tree branch groans

beneath snow

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.