Filling the Gaps
By Bryan Rickert & Terri L. French
children gone
she turns her attention
to the crows
a feather to mark
where she left off
replacing the kids
in the family album
bird feeder pics
the canary’s cage
lined with her
‘Dear John’ letter
new drinking buddies
hummingbirds
deep winter
breadcrumbs tossed out
to those that remain
Bryan Rickert has been published in a wide number of fine journals and anthologies. He is the Co-editor of Failed Haiku Senryu Journal and the editor at The Living Senryu Anthology. His haiku/senryu collection Fish Kite is available through Cyberwit Publishing. His book of link verse Just Dust and Stone with Peter Jastermsky is available through Velvet Dusk Publishing. His work was also selected for inclusion in A New Resonance, Volume 12.
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Terri L. French is a writer and editor living in Huntsville, Alabama. She is former editor of Prune Juice Journal of senryu and kyoka. Terri was a former Member at Large on The Haiku Foundation board of directors and served as Southeast coordinator for The Haiku Society of America. Currently Terri is on the editorial team of Contemporary Haibun Online. You can read more about her work and awards at https://www.terrilfrenchhaiku.com.