42opus
is an online magazine of the literary arts.
20 September 2009 | Vol. 9, No. 3
a thin skin
of snow dust
on pigeon shit
at the end of another year
concrete splatter, yet
in fragile white occlusion
snow flakes
a mass of bees
by globe light, scatter
revisit autonomy. tumbledown
a pavement vacancy
the aching
purple sky.
About the author:
Patrick M. Pilarski is the co-editor of DailyHaiku, an international journal of contemporary English-language haiku. His first full collection, Huge Blue, was released in September 2009 by Leaf Press, and he is the author of one chapbook, Five Weeks. Patrick's work has appeared in journals and anthologies across North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, recently including PRISM international, the Antigonish Review, the Literary Review of Canada, Carousel, and the New Quarterly. He lives in Edmonton, Canada, with his partner, poet Nicole Pakan, and can be found online at www.pilarski.ca.
Source:
http://42opus.com/v9n3/a-thin-skin
