harvest moon 
four deer ambling 
across the field
from the homeland
dried persimmons
remembered chestnuts
from the New World 
Symphony
grandmother knitting
in the firelight
children chase 
salamanders 
along the stream
the rush
of our first kiss
giving out 
invitations 
to the Bacchanalia
an otter steals
a fish from the weir
steel drums
on the beach
in mid-day rain
silent mass
graves at Bucha
is there
a lee side
to a black hole?
political attack ads 
now year round
the morning after 
our first fight 
still together
having sex
to stay warm
ancient glacier
moving moonlight
downhill
the two year old
learns no
rejecting 
the special theory 
knowing I’m wrong
glass shards sparkle 
on the kite strings
a plum blossom 
drifts into 
my tea
along the towpath 
bluebells wave
by Elizabeth Black, Ryland Shengzhi Li, Lee Giesecke, and Linda Weir
members of the Towpath Haiku group of the Washington DC
