March 24, 2020

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March 24, 2020

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Annette Makino

December 10, 2019

Creativity is catching

Annette Makino

December 10, 2019

My husband and I recently joined a small community choir. We knew the choir would be singing a few songs as part of a holiday play, but didn’t fully grasp what a commitment it was: 36 hours of rehearsals and performances last week, with two more shows to go!

Selected Poems

cowlick

some part of me

still wild

the time we are given…

sparks rise through darkness

to join the stars

home from errands—

a hero’s welcome

from the dog

what remains

of the mountain

sand between my toes

lines of foam

over and over the sea

writes its story

fog-shrouded coast

we listen

to the view

for better or for worse

our lights and darks

tumbling together

our easy silence

every puddle

sky-deep

for tracks . . .

who was I before

I was tamed?

Poem Credits: “cowlick” – tinywords 13.2 (Sept. 17, 2013) | “the time we are given” – tinywords 14.2 (Dec. 8, 2014) | “home from errands” – Modern Haiku 44.1 (Winter/Spring 2013) | “what remains” – With Cherries on Top (Press Here, 2012) | “lines” – Frogpond, Issue 35:3 (Winter 2012) | “fog-shrouded coast" - Frogpond, Issue 41.2 (Spring/Summer 2018), Museum of Haiku Literature Award | “for better or for worse” – The Heron’s Nest, XVI:1 (March 2014) | “our easy silence” - 2nd honorable mention, Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest (2016) | “fox tracks” – The Heron’s Nest, XVII:1 (March 2015).