birth day present
the sparkle factory’s
ragged dragging
to spar the cylinders of spruce
we simply must keep the whole town TURNED ON
ahh—the vorpal scalpel’s snicker-snack
what has it got in its pocketses?
my birth day present
a ring of rosegold rind
all around the prick le bush
the doctors dose curare
we have to keep them all TURNED ON
pop
doctor—why won’t he stop crying
Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania works as a financial director for a large 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.
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