Welcome to the September 2017 issue of brass bell: a haiku journal
This month's theme is: Water
Poems have been received from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy, Nigeria, Poland, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States
floating leaf
a baby toad rides
the ripples
- Adjei Agyei-Baah
white curtain
on a mountain wall —
waterfall
- Adjei Agyei-Baah
above
an indecisive bike
rain clouds
- Adrian Bouter
spring rain
a halo of frizz
on baby's head
- Agnes Eva Savich
rows of whitecaps
salty air warps
my notebook
- Agnes Eva Savich
flowing water
each rock
changes it
- Agnes Eva Savich
lena horne
singing stormy weather
my banging shutter
- ai li
the magician in an ice machine
- ai li
the kettle
screams without water
we both look down
- Alan Bern
writing in the rain
sheltered by a leafy tree —
still the words run off
- Alan Bern
night train
each window carries
its own little rain
- Alan Summers
watering tulips
I track the canals
of Mars
- Alan Summers
taking the blues
out of a goodbye
winter river
- Alan Summers
river beach —
elongated crane's shadow
inspires this haiku
- Amauri Solon Ribeiro
riverside walk
my thoughts struggle
to break the surface
- Andy McLellan
thin rain —
the duck's wings
so heavy
- Angela Giordano
birdbath —
mynahs wait patiently
for the crow to leave
- Angelee Deodhar
spring rain
moving in slow motion
the snail's silence
- Anna Cates
election year
the same pothole
filled with rain
- Anna Cates
meandering
with the stream
leaf boat race
- Anne Elise Burgevin
her late start
on weekday wash
summer solstice
- Anne Elise Burgevin
a child
a spoonful of rice
hot broth
- Antonio Mangiameli
twilight
a fish asleep in its
shadow world
- Barbara Tate
blue moon
rising tide floats
the beach chairs
- Barbara Tate
summer pond
swimming in sunshine
polliwogs
- Barbara Tate
melting snowman
bows
to the sun
- Bill Waters
the parking lot
just wet enough
to smell of rain
- Bill Waters
edge of a puddle
watching its reflection
blue-tailed lizard
- C. Robin Janning
tears warmer than rain . . . missing my mother
- C. Robin Janning
heat wave
my birdbath is the centre
of social life
- Carol Dilworth
summer storm
hammering down
tent pegs
- Caroline Skanne
foggy river
the discrepancies
in your story
- Caroline Skanne
rain on my cheek her umbrella poem lingers
- Caroline Skanne
insomnia
I toss all night
to the sound of rain
- Celestine Nudanu
fighting tears
at my graduation
memories of my mother
- Celestine Nudanu
spangles
where the small fairies
throw the river light
- Christina Martin
worn stone steps
dawn knocking on the sides
old row boat
- Christina Martin
torrential rain
washing away
everything
- Christina Sng
long journey
across the bridge
humingbird
- Christina Sng
July in Vail
rafting the Colorado
snowmelt
- Claire Vogel Camargo
green fields flooded the train passing a station without stopping
- Danny Blackwell
autumn rain
a crunch of snails cling
to fallen leaves
- David He
twilight —
the lake shares its color
with a dragonfly
- David He
belly flop
no way to disguise it
new swimming trunks
- David J Kelly
bleached coral
a clownfish nobody
laughs at
- David J Kelly
dried water fountain
how long since
we have spoken
- Debbi Antebi
shredding
all his letters —
steady drizzle
- Debbi Antebi
waterfall mist
the words at the tip
of my tongue
- Debbi Antebi
glazed pond
a beaver's tail breaks
the hush
- Debbie Strange
starfish
in your arms
the sea
- Debbie Strange
a fever of migrating stingrays summer graces
- Debbie Strange
that call I wish
I didn't answer
dishwasher
- Deborah P Kolodji
blue heron —
an invitation
to dally by the estuary
- Devin Harrison
in the harbor
a squabble of gulls
brawling
- Devin Harrison
a swallowtail butterfly
sips on a rose — midnight —
the moon is drowning
- Diane Frank
summer rain
drums on our metal roof
buttered popcorn
- Dottie Piet
late night shift
men sandbag the river banks
by moonlight
- Dottie Piet
solar eclipse
a mosquito dives
into a water glass
- Elisa Allo
glowing fireflies
down by the lakeside
a pile of clothes
- Elizabeth Alford
beach party
the ebb and flow
of laughter
- Elizabeth Alford
leaning ladder
a bucket of water
collects the sky
- Elizabeth Alford
fierce drought —
a brief dream of
abundant water
- Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian
riverbank
my mother waiting for me
on the other side
- Eufemia Griffo
waves rush toward the shore
like children running
toward their parents
- Frank Robinson
the pile of whites
returned to the pile of colors
rainy day
- Glenn Ingersoll
after the swim
sound of water
stuck in my ear
- Glenn Ingersoll
sunday
rain
on rain
- Helen Buckingham
backstrokin' last day at the pool
- Jill Lange
early winter storm —
the silver ring
slips from her finger
- Jill Lange
drawing from the well . . .
a mooon jiggles
in my pail
- Jo Balistreri
whitecaps
against the pier —
his angry words
- Jo Balistreri
bumping my toe
along the wrack line —
yellow sea glass
- Jo Balistreri
behind our house
a small stream
captures the full moon
- Joan Leotta
January
dad hoses down the backyard —
my skating rink
- Joan Leotta
stopping to see the shape of a snowflake
- Joan McNerney
the two-year-old
waters faded flowers . . .
wallpaper
- Joanna M. Weston
pulling radishes
in the rain —
a fat worm
- Joanna M. Weston
November rain
a broken umbrella
holds a puddle
- John Hawkhead
rain on the roof
through deep sleep
the dog's legs canter
- John Hawkhead
after the rain —
partly cloudy
with scattered frogs
- Julie Bloss Kelsey
breakdown —
the tow truck follows
my tears
- Julie Bloss Kelsey
rain-soaked
she brews the tea
london fog
- kjmunro
fish out of water
the strong swimmer steps back
from the ledge
- kjmunro
moving inland
it was the electric waterfall
that saved me
- Kath Abela Wilson
Santa Fe River
my first ginko walk
melts the ice
- Kath Abela Wilson
forehead smudges
my girlhood question
about face washing
- Kath Abela Wilson
at the moment when
a wet breeze enters the porch
my hand smears the page
- Katya Sabaroff Taylor
his ship
docking in a puddle —
paper boat
- Kwaku Feni Adow
another single raindrop
merges into the vast ocean
my father's passing
- Lance Robertson
on her water glass
the crescent
of her lip print
- Laughing waters
under a daffodil beside the stream bank a frog sits meditating
- Lisa Holmes
strolling by the pond a chorus of peepers then a hundred silent ripples
- Lisa Holmes
garden irrigation —
the red fox tail waves
among the radishes
- Lucia Cardillo
strong sirocco
a path from the sea
to the clouds
- Lucia Fontana
rain puddle
the slurp of the stray dog
quenching his thirst
- Madhuri Pillai
first time
he held me tight —
Niagra Falls
- Maria Laura Valente
incoming tide —
from afar, the pain
creeps closer
- Marianne Paul
open water —
a white moth outpaces
my kayak
- Marianne Paul
humming the same tune the waterwheel and i
- Marietta Jane McGregor
frozen waterfall
how heavy
her ashes
- Marietta Jane McGregor
so much to reveal
where shadows fall
koi pond
- Marietta Jane McGregor
autumn the many colors of rain
- Mark E. Brager
damselfly this rain puddle your universe
- Mark E. Brager
fever dreams . . .
the water glass brimming
with moonlight
- Mark E. Brager
salted wind
all the plastics the tide
gives us back
- Mark Miller
after rain
crows in the eucalypts
black rags hung out to dry
- Mark Miller
far away
the rumble of an old lion
morning storm
- Marta Chocilowska
stone by the river
the flash of rainbow trout
in my hands
- Marta Chocilowska
skinny dipping
we swim among
the stars
- Martha Magenta
a killer storm
hammers the town —
umbrella skeletons
- Martha Magenta
flooded softball field
another rainout —
team goes out for pizza
- Marty Blue Waters
my elemental name . . .
pure water provides life
in every drop
- Marty Blue Waters
her waters broken the beginning of the beginning
- Mary Kendall
what was hidden now emerges water lilies
- Mary Kendall
near the cattails —
two white egrets
lost in reflection
- Mary Kendall
through the autumn woods
laughing and chasing its tail
trout stream
- Michael Flanagan
drought again
magpies find
the leaky hose
- Michael G. Smith
noisy
the creek
isn't shy
- Michael G. Smith
overhead clouds leak
grey skies grey mountains grey road
grey wet everything
- Mimi Foyle
on this clear deep pool
i float like a water bug
released from all thought
- Mimi Foyle
I cup my hand
the water cups me —
a mountain spring
- Nicholas Klacsanzky
hiking break
my sweat drops
into a stream
- Nicholas Klacsanzky
a beaver marsh
thoughts slip away
one by one
- Nicholas Klacsanzky
deserted garden
from the water pump
seeps a cobweb
- Nina Kovacic (translation by Durda Vukelic Rozic)
burning incense
for departed souls . . .
evening rain
- pamela a. babusci
clear waterfall —
not tossing
the coin
- pamela a. babusci
among the white
one pink water lily
fills the pond
- pamela a. babusci
high tide
my mermaid
returns to the sea
- Pat Davis
ice fishing
how long it takes
to fool a fish
- Pat Davis
back to school
the bright yellow shine
of raincoats
- Phyllis Lee
late for work
stepping in the shower
a centipede
- Phyllis Lee
old white barn
in the pond's reflection
needs paint
- Phyllis Lee
mountain lake
my cousin and I turn blue
eyeing the lifeguard
- Pris Campbell
thunderclaps
my cat curls next to my legs
and sleeps again
- Pris Campbell
cliff edge
so close I can taste
the crashing waves
- Rachel Sutcliffe
breaking waves
I bite
my tongue
- Rachel Sutcliffe
pouring rain
my spirits
drowning too
- Rachel Sutcliffe
spring rains
the willow builds
a new river
- Reagan Brubaker
click of my pen
rain taps at the window
tries to break in
- Ron Scully
summer sea
the smell of tanning lotion
everywhere
- Rosa Clement
water fountain
she pays a penny
for a wish
- Rosa Clement
over the calm lake
circle three cormorants
and their reflections
- Scott Wiggerman
that point at the lake
where you don't see birds
last night's argument
- Scott Wiggerman
up close
tiny rivers
in the veins of a leaf
- Simon Hanson
after the rain —
a woodpecker on sand
spearing ants as they rise
- Stephen Page
where the stream
meets the river
the trout deciding
- Stephen Page
backtracking
under the waterfall
the same drip
- Theresa A. Cancro
morning surf —
waves turn
into dolphins
- Theresa A. Cancro
gentle eddy —
sleeping otters
hold hands
- Theresa A. Cancro
bubble bath
we try out
new hairdos
- Tia Haynes
divorce papers
my hair
still wet
- Tia Haynes
last wishes
he waters
a dead amaryllis
- Tia Haynes
ah . . .
hot water
meets the teabag
- Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
cozy bath
my ally
in healing
- Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
daydream
to be the river
filled with light
- Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
runner beans and water
a child's pretend stew
red blooms in July heat
- Tricia Knoll
light snow falling on the plastic snowman
- Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
drum solo . . .
jellyfish pulsing
in the aquarium
- Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
windy rain paper boat setting sail
- Vibeke Laier
summer rain i share a blanket with the cat
- Vibeke Laier
sound of water long before i see you white butterfly
- Vibeke Laier
after a hard rain
puddle-jumping
with my child-self
- Zee Zahava
that time a wave
pulled off her bathing suit —
or so she says
- Zee Zahava
autumn drizzle
in a dirty puddle
my son's smile
- Zuzanna Truchlewska
