Welcome to the October issue of brass bell: a haiku journal. This month it is all about things that make us happy.
Contributors come from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, and the United States
folding and unfolding
the unheard clap
of the butterfly
- Adjei Agyei-Baah
eager to reach the shore my boat, the ripples, and I
- Ajaya Mahala
sidewalk crack
we hopscotch
and salute the flower
- Alan Summers
an old friend
is greeted with
joyous barks
- Almila Dukel
hand in hand with my dad
Oh! Susanna —
whistling together
- Amauri Solon
one glimpse of the poppy field happiness
- Ana Drobot
traffic light —
music from the other car
gets my feet tapping
- Angelee Deodhar
summer sky
laughter from both ends
of the see-saw
- Anitha Varma
when I look at him
it starts to melt . . .
my ice cream
- Anna Goluba
ninth month . . .
in the child's crib
the full moon
- Anna Mazurkiewicz
on the sunny side a blanket of forget-me-nots
- Anne Elise Burgevin
following
the falling kites . . .
children giggle
- Archana Kapoor Nagpal
within this
raucous human swarm
her soft whisper
- ayaz daryl nielsen
blackberry thicket —
mother hums
dance of the bumblebee
- Barbara Hay
meditation
the song of a nightingale
in the garden
- Barbara Tate
watching you walk up the driveway my heart as wide
as the sky
- C. Robin Janning
imagine
a poetry party
falling leaves
- Carole Johnston
thunder storm
we hide under blankets
sipping sweet tea
- Caroline Skanne
the sway
of her shining pigtail . . .
first day of school
- Chen-ou Liu
spaghetti dinner
I watch her twirl
her hair
- Dave Read
love notes
the heart-shaped tracks
of wapiti
- Debbie Strange
big catch!
the fisherman's son kicks
a stone into the river
- Emmanuel Kalusian
the letters in our new mail box
somehow seem
more important now
- Frank Robinson
mountain road the curve of your smile
- Garima Behal
gibbous moon —
we laugh away
our wrinkles
- Geethanjali Rajan
mother's happiness —
crossing the second border
together with dry socks
- Goran Gatalica
rainbow
overlooking
the forecast
- Helen Buckingham
girls playing jump rope on the sidewalk grasshoppers
- Jo Balistreri
try to catch the wind
count the ripples in the sea
be a child again
- Joan McNerney
darkness
dancing with lightning
the drumbeat of you
- Joann Grisetti
sand hill
mommy come and see
my castle
- Karen O'Leary
lost melody —
grandma's voice
in cuckoo's song
- Kumarendra Mallick
rackets raised high
children play badminton
across barbed border
- Lavana Kray
blue skies
the innate contentment
of daisies
- Marianne Paul
first kiss —
leaves swirling along
the schoolyard fence
- Mark E. Brager
walking on stilts
as a child
like this great blue heron today
- Marty Blue Waters
sweet lullaby —
seated beside the window
listening to the rain
- Nicole Pottier
downhill skiing I become wind
- Olivier Schopfer
afternoon moon . . .
looking up i laugh
what time is it?
- Pat Geyer
summer ends
we take the ocean home
in a suitcase
- Phyllis Lee
her tears
when asked
with a ring
- Pravin Menon
spring breeze
the scent of her
approaching
- Rachel Sutcliffe
fitting snugly the dog and the afternoon
- Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
beach
building dreams
shovel and pail
- Robert Henry Poulin
arriving guests
a frog on the path brings
some extra laughs
- Rosa Clement
balmy evening
across the noisy party
our eyes connect
- Ruth Yarrow
putting on my winter coat surprises in the pockets
- Sara Robbins
afternoon drizzle...
i add another line
to my poem
- Shloka Shankar
overcast —
her smile rearranges
the skyline
- Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
when you are that one tree reaching for the sun
- Sierra Claire
over each other's shoulder different stars
- Simon Hanson
midwest sunset
breaking off a piece
to wear
- Sondra J. Byrnes
overnight the live oak tree thousands of butterflies
- Sue Norvell
summer's end —
a hammock cradles
the sunset
- Theresa A. Cancro
winter rain . . .
Caribbean cricket
on my radio
- Tim Gardiner
sitting in the sun
not even trying
to figure anything out
- Tom Clausen
in these mists
this morning a yellow tulip
with fringe
- Tricia Knoll
shooting stars
the weight of
a summer wish
- Vibeke Laier
wandering butterfly on a flowered dress joyful rest
- Virginia Popescu
mother picks a dandelion
to wear in her hair
she calls this gardening
- Zee Zahava
