Ferris Gilli         Vol. 2, No. 1 - Spring 2001

CURRENT ISSUE Haiku Harvest Vol.2, No.1 Spring 2001     These poems are Copyright © 2001 by Ferris Gilli. E-Mail: hgilli@cfl.rr.com		minnows dart beneath a poised heron the daytime moon     clearing skies -- a field mouse drinks from the birdbath     fading rainbow -- the blue dragonfly skims a puddle     first butterfly settling from your finger to mine     storm's end a warbler fluffs dry between pine candles     sultry dawn a fallen mango thumps across the roof     choir practice scent of burning leaves drifts into church     vespers a trickle of white breath with the dove's call     Good Friday a thorn has pierced the new rose leaf     leaf shadows beneath the hydrangea a cat's ear twitches     About the Poet -- Ferris Gilli was born and grew up in Georgia. She has lived in Paraguay and Germany and now resides with her husband, Harry, in Orlando, Florida. Ferris has earned a first and a fourth place in the Alabama Sakura Haiku Competition and won third prize in the 1998 Herb Barrett contest. She was among the ten winners of the 2nd Annual International People's Haiku Contest and won Honorable Mention in the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society East-West 99 Hokku Contest, the 1999 Harold G. Henderson Awards, and the NLAPW poetry contest. Ferris's haiku, tanka, haibun, and renku have appeared in Cicada, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Acorn, Raw Nervz, Haiku Spirit, Presence, Tundra, and Lynx. Her work has been selected to appear in The Art of Haiku 2000; American Haibun & Haiga 1999; The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 1999; Snapshots; and the Tanka Hundred anthology. Her poems can be seen online at Poetry in the Light, Reflections, Haiga Online, The Heron's Nest, Chaba, and Pickings. When Ferris is not bird watching, writing haiku, gardening, or visiting with her daughter Susana, she writes mystery novels. Copyright © 2001 by Denis M. Garrison.