Welcome to the September, 2015 issue of brass bell: a haiku journal. This month each poem is just one line in length. As you will see, there is great beauty and depth in this deceptively simple form.
You will find work here by 63 contributors, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ghana, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Romania, and The United States.
dry savanna the dotted castles of anthills
- Adjei Agyei-Baah
sick of reflections the full moon transforms into something else
- Alan Catlin
small-hours-train the pink suitcase of moon shadows
- Alan Summers
night sky my smartphone's blank screen
- Ana Drobot
a pot of tea my small brother brewing plans
- Anne Curran
in between the thunderclaps the clink of mother's bangles
- Archana Kapoor Nagpal
small things their own story worn trowel
- ayaz daryl nielsen
crossing the footbridge no fish no ducks
- b brazill
equinox the yin and yang of my mood
- Barbara Kaufmann
summer silence grapes to raisins plums to prunes
- Barbara Tate
ironing clothes outside a falling star
- Billy Antonio
last game of the season finally tossing the perfect pitch
- Blue Waters
a ball stopped on the boundary line no players
- Božidar Škobić - Čika Boško
vines climbing out of their space into mine
- C. Robin Janning
almost full moon what am i waiting for
- Caroline Skanne
writing haiku in the study's corner a spider spins
- Chen-ou Liu
many voices none are his mockingbird
- Christine Rose Sansone
allowing myself to cry cloudburst
- Christine L. Villa
at the end of his leash my fear of dogs
- Dave Read
folding unfolding the origami of monarch butterflies
- Debbie Strange
less birdsong now at dawn coyotes howl in the night
- Deirdre Silverman
coaxing my modesty over the edge hot tub
- Devin Harrison
a riverbird it sings i listen
- Emmanuel Kalusian
the child's hand placed over mine we crack the egg
- Ferris Gilli
intense as an artist she tattoos me for radiation
- Frank Judge
sunday with sauce love
- Grace Celeste
the tension around my tension tension
- Helen Buckingham
whenever I forget myself I remember what matters
- Jack Goldman
heat wave do lilacs dream of rain
- Joan Corr
amazing how many stars fit inside my windowpane
- Joan McNerney
night on the mountain one thousand wishes
- Joann Grisetti
newsboy cast in bronze still delivering
- Joanna M. Weston
morning glory between then and then
- Kath Abela Wilson
reading a poem in her eyes
- Kumarendra Mallick
after rain the moon stashed away in clay pots
- Lavana Kray
springgrasshergreendressdisappears
-Lech Szeglowski
autumn rain the old clock stopped again
- Magdalena Banaszkiewicz
the year i was born the howl of wolves and poets
- Marianne Paul
falling into your arms again western wind
- Mark E. Brager
quiet splash just by our boat Perseids night
- Marta Chocilowska
forgetting to call my mother who won’t remember
- Miriam Sagan
love so many hearts on the napkin
- Nadezhda Stanilova
red morning sky fiery forecast i take my hat
-Nancy Gabriel
autumn mist the gardener scrapes the last clouds
- Nicole Pottier
a crow between the shadow and the sun
- Paresh Tiwari
in the dunes awaiting the full moon
- Pat Floyd
painting a river i drop in a waterfall
- Pat Geyer
rain kiss lasting into the dark
- Petruta Ionescu
falling kite early sunset
- Pravat Kumar Padhy
run down estate the weeds in flower
- Rachel Sutcliffe
start with inhale end exhaling life between
- Rob Sullivan
sun warming a boulder as if it knew the lizard
- Robert Henry Poulin
after each piano note the meow of a cat
- Rosa Clement
blending colors the blackbird's song
- Shloka Shankar
our conversation drifts cottonwood fluff
- Sondra J. Byrnes
on our backs in the driveway shooting stars
- Susan Lang
shar-pei's folds under the hem of her dress
- Theresa Cancro
years of separation stone circle
- Tim Gardiner
laughing fat country morning corn pancakes
- Tina Wright
school bus a child with her first painted yellow sun
- Vibeke Laier
handkerchief waving in the wind no word for goodbye
- Virginia Popescu
oh sunflowers a whole field looking up
- Yvonne Fisher
meditation teacher talks talks talks talks talks about silence
- Zee Zahava
