at her door
the stepfather banging banging …
years later
sounds of the night remain
in the marrow of her bones
Skylark 4:1, Summer 2016
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
Commentary: L1 establishes both the emotional atm...
