Welcome to the May 2022 issue of brass bell: a haiku journal.
The theme for this month’s collection is “drinkable haiku.”
Contributing poets are from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States
farmwork done
drinking palm wine amid
the bustle of late bees
Adjei Agyei-Baah
collecting dewdrops
for grandmother’s tea
a chinese fable
ai li
even toddlers
suck on cooled blueberry juice
now on lips and tongue
Alan Bern
who knows
how many drinks
two moons
Alan Peat
cherry brandy hangover the spring in my step
Alan Summers
hot tea in a cold cup winter
Alexis Rotella
juice stand —
the only nature spot
at the mall
Ana Drobot
apple juice —
I look out the window
to search for the moon
Angiola Inglese
soda pop
a toddler giggles
at the bubbles
Barbara Kaufmann
he flirts
over coffee —
the empty sugar bowl
Barbara Sabol
sun tea
the time it takes
to kiss you
Barrie Levine
into an old tin cup
a pristine trickle
of pineland water
Bill Waters
monsoon rains
a drop of honey
in the ginger tea
Billy Antonio
mom’s grin as i
gulp her “Pepsi” —
yuck! black coffee
Blue Waters
draining the dregs
of yesterday’s coffee
writer’s block
Bryan Cook
rum bottle
nearing the end
his long story
Bryan Rickert
this green cup filled with
cocoa and three hot spices
smoothing out the day
C. Robin Janning
strawberry wine —
the girl I was
the woman I am
Carole MacRury
rings from our beer glasses nothing left to say
Charles Trumbull
the end
of the old monk’s chanting
tea time for one
Chen-ou Liu
granadilla
in iced fruit juice
rustling palm
Christina Chin
emerging
from my oolong tea
old ghosts
Christina Sng
chrysanthemum tea
slowly sipping
the sunlight
Christine L. Villa
the bright side
a chocolate milk shake
after the dentist
Claire Vogel Camargo
we harvest
a chunk of chaga for tea . . .
vacant bear den
Debbie Strange
bourbon - sugar - bitters
grandpa says his old-fashioned
beats the heat
Deborah Burke Henderson
mimosas
on the front porch swing
orange blossoms
Deborah P Kolodji
rose water drink
getting younger
with every cup
Elena Malec
chilly night
the moon’s tremor
in my tea
Florin C. Ciobica
wedding anniversary
a smoothie blended
with honeysuckle
Geoff Pope
end of Ramadan
adding more ice
to the red sharbat
Hifsa Ashraf
parting ways
the last sweet taste
of plum wine
Jackie Chou
pandemic to endemic
a champagne toast
to making it through
Jay Friedenberg
growing up . . .
with dill pickles
and Coca-Cola
Jill Lange
wine glass in hand
a familiar face at the bar
oops, that’s a mirror
Jim Mazza
summer picnic
lips sticky
with cherry kool-aid
Jo Balistreri
my dad’s drugstore
syrup in soda water —
so many flavors!
Joan Leotta
a secret spilled
stirring the stock
sharing a spoon
Joanna Ashwell
summer ritual
mango juice down my elbow
onto my t-shirt
Joe Sebastian
in less worried times
a long-handled bamboo cup
water from the shrine
Joel Savishinsky
the poet’s reading
more passionate after
his third espresso
John J. Dunphy
by the light of the salt lamp —
drops of red wine
on grandmother’s tablecloth
Julia Guzman
cinnamon protein shakes
my kids refuse to drink . . .
the breakfasts of mothers
Julie Bloss Kelsey
mulled wine thinking it over
Karen Harvey
lip to lip
our shared
frappuccino
Kath Abela Wilson
one strong rum cocktail
one daughter, one Scrabble game
Mother’s Day love fest
Katya Sabaroff Taylor
pomegranate juice
my preference
over wine
kris moon
waterfront bar
choosing a cocktail
made with cucumbers
Kristen Lindquist
watermelon sky
pink ice cubes rattling
in the bubbles
Lakshmi Iyer
now i’m here
in my body again
ginger brandy
Laurinda Lind
firewater
we toast
the Yosemite sunset
Lorraine A Padden
the cake laced with brandy her louder than usual singalong voice
Madhuri Pillai
the only time
dad had a mustache
root beer float
Marcie Wessels
sippin’ southern comfort
childhood cure
for the croup
Margaret Walker
drive-thru poetry
iced toasted vanilla oat
shaken espresso
Marianne Paul
Aperol spritz
the way her hair
traps a sunbeam
Marietta McGregor
red dust tang
sharing the drover’s
waterbag
Marilyn Humbert
a county fair
my homemade cider
loses its fizz
Marta Chocilowska
swirling the bitter
remnant of one last pint
remembering you
Michael Flanagan
toothache
scent of cloves
and whiskey
Michael Gallagher
drinking from the same stream
as the grizzly bear
I put on my brave face
Michael G. Smith
traveling days . . .
I sip water
from a fresh coconut
Milan Rajkumar
made by a neighbor
to celebrate our son’s birth
home-brewed ginger beer
Mimi Foyle
hummingbirds —
my niece asks for
a drinking straw
Mirela Brailean
bitter-sweet drink
sun-kissed kumquats
quench my thirst
Neena Singh
daddy’s wink
a teaspoon of wine
in my Kool-Aid
Pat Davis
recovering now —
a steaming mug
of mum’s beef-tea
Paul Beech
first business venture lemonade TEN CENTS
Pris Campbell
our morning tea
the nettles infused
with silence
Richard L. Matta
along the creek
in one big gulp
my favorite mountain
Robert Epstein
heading south tea getting sweeter
Roberta Beach Jacobson
drink of water
from the garden hose
work half done
Ron Scully
coffee shop
I pay for a heart
in my cappuccino
Rosa Clement
lamp low
over melted cheese and wine
your language on my tongue
Ruth Yarrow
the morning after
three bloody marys open
six heavy eyelids
Stacey Murphy
(whiskey) things between us (sour)
Susan Burch
sitting on my heels
in the Japanese inn
a cup of sake
Theresa A. Cancro
fruit punch gatorade
only tastes good when i am
dehydrated bad
Tina Wright
in training
I try another
non-alcoholic beer
Tom Clausen
seems like yesterday
the kitten drinking milk
in my childhood garden
Vibeke Laier
milky way
it stopped for a moment
in my glass of tea
Wieslaw Karlinski
hot cocoa
with marshmallows —
the children wishing for snow
Wilda Morris
farmer’s market tonic
ginger, cider, cayenne —
I drink from a spoon
Yvonne Fisher
giggling with cousins
ginger ale poured into
the orange juice
Zee Zahava
Sunday, May 1, 2022
drinkable haiku
