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Haiku
James Roderick Burns
Skein of geese
gathers the threads
of the day
About the writer:
James Roderick Burns is the author of one flash fiction collection, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and five collections of short-form poetry, most recently Crows at Dusk; a collection of four novellas, The Unregulated Heart, is also forthcoming in summer 2024. His stories have twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and he serves as Staff Reader in Poetry for Ploughshares. He can be found on Twitter @JamesRoderickB and his newsletter A Bunch of Fives offers one free, published story a fortnight.
Image: Wind by David Shterenberg (1881-1948). Oil on canvas. No size specified. 1929. Public domain.
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