Autumn Haiku
grandma watching me
from around the corner
red chrysanthemums
a chestnut-collared longspur
cries from dry coneflower
dusk deepens
hurricane remnants
last year’s chestnut leaves
also becoming the earth
all ready for bed
nectarine
red maple leaves rust on my old bike
deepening chill
the west wind
on fire
the last city on Earth
Harrisburg
in October mist
hiss of highway
yellow light
on yellow willows
deer road
I always refused
to take the easy way
despite it all
November dandelions
Joshua St. Claire is an accountant from a small town in Pennsylvania who works as a financial director for a non-profit. His haiku and related poetry have been published broadly including in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, and Mayfly. He has received recognition in the following international contests/awards for his work in these forms: the Gerald Brady Memorial Senryu Award, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, the San Francisco International Award for Senryu, the Robert Speiss Memorial Award, the Touchstone Award for Individual Haiku, the British Haiku Society Award for Haiku, and the Trailblazer Award.