Billie Wilson         Vol. 2, No. 1 - Spring 2001

CURRENT ISSUE Haiku Harvest Vol.2, No.1 Spring 2001     These poems are Copyright © 2001 by Billie Wilson. E-Mail: akwilsons@gci.net		foggy morning -- a blue heron lifts into the rain     coffee brewing -- the moon and Orion light the way     cool March evening -- five empty cobwebs on the old dinner bell     the wind storm moves on -- once more the songs of sparrows in the pines     climbing the mountain ridge upon ridge of spruce trees netted in fog     Sunday drive -- we lift our old dog into the truck     skunk cabbage all over the hillside salmonberry blooms     wind-rippled pond -- bright whirligigs twirl in all directions     dusk deepens the scent of fresh cut grass mingles with lilacs     low-lying clouds -- trumpeter swans rest near the glacier     centuries of shale crunching underfoot -- coots bob offshore     sunny morning -- pink tulips in bloom on the preschool's walls     About the Poet -- Billie Wilson has lived in Juneau, Alaska, since 1962. She and her husband Gary share eight grandchildren. Her poetry (other than haiku) and articles have appeared in various small magazines. Her haiku has appeared in "Modern Haiku," "Frogpond," "The Heron's Nest," "Hummingbird," "Poetry in the Light/Haiku Light," "Haiku Headlines," "Temps Libres," and several other journals and anthologies. Her first haibun was published in "Modern Haiku," chosen as Favorite of Issue, and will be included in "stone frog," Red Moon's 2001 anthology. Copyright © 2001 by Denis M. Garrison.