still-birthwort
Lori A Minor
Statement:
As someone who suffers from fertility issues, genuine fears of mine are things like miscarriage and phantom pregnancies.
Birthwort is a plant formerly used to aid in childbirth, so to add "still" is just chilling and, I feel, amplifies my huge fears in such little space.
Favorite 'ku by another:
spring in america water unsafe food unsafe sex unsafe
— Marlene Mountain
Why:
"I honestly typed this one from memory. Marlene's use of kigo intertwined with political undertones is what drew me to study haiku deeper in the first place. This monoku in particular is pure genius because when we think "spring", we think renewal and cleanliness, but this poem pivots and throws us into the reality of a nasty, dirty, America that we created and just can't seem to fix."
Waiting for Godot quote:
Estragon: (with finality). Crritic!
Withnail and I quote:
Withnail: "I fail to see my family's of any interest to you. I've absolutely no interest in yours. I dislike relatives in general and in particular mine."
Lori A Minor
@loriminorhaiku
https://loriaminor.wixsite.com/poet
#FemkuMag, editor
Otoroshi Journal, co-editor
Alan notes:
Marlene Mountain
https://www.marlenemountain.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Mountain
then I must go to the Mountain:
(space reserved) for Marlene Mountain
by Jack Galmitz
https://roadrunnerhaikublog.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/then-i-must-go-to-the-mountain.pdf
