Needed

my sweet peas
bloom on the widow’s side
where they’re needed

Shoes

we returned the shoes
she bought to dance in after
her last treatment

Image: TerriC–Pixabay

the miner’s tin perk
cheering body and soul
a gold standard

the cry of someone
left behind on the path
a keening wind

around the hearth
menfolk fix the world
women darn socks

snow angel girls
brush feathers from their faces
with snow-caked mitts

Chess

bishop guarding king
falls before advancing knight
old codger says “Check”

a day at the fair
cotton candy spinning
threads in my memory

🙂

Special note to all writers and enthusiasts of haiku:
Have you checked out cattails online journal, put out by the United Haiku and Tanka Society?

Here’s a note from Alan Summers, President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society:

The deadline is coming up fast! 🙂
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE OCTOBER 2018 ISSUE OF CATTAILS CLOSE 15th AUGUST MIDNIGHT (GMT).

When I cried alone
in the darkness of my night
You called my name

lone dove flutters
onto rain-soaked city street
friend, remember me?