Name: Alan McGill
country: Mexico
bio: Originally from NYC, Allen lives, writes, acts and directs theatre in Mexico. His published fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, photos, etc., have appeared in print as well as on line: NY Times, The Writer, Newsday, Literary Potpourri, Flashquake, Poetry Midwest, Poetic Voices, Herons Nest, Frogpond, Modern
Haiku, World Haiku Review, many others. He is haibun editor for Simply Haiku.
ocean twilight
my shadow ebbs
into the sand
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a path meanders
through fields of cosmos
roadside litter
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an old map ~
before the hurricane
a town was here
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daybreak
the spent blooms
of yesterday's daylilies
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windy cove
the dune fence
nearly buried
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cut flowers
on the newly dug grave
a plastic teddy bear
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a sickle moon
shivers in the birdbath
whiffs of jasmine
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sunshower ~
rivulets run across
my desk
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first sprinkle
ends the long drought
flowered unbrellas
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burning leaves
clusters of onlookers
surround each pile
