contrails our slow disintegration
Author: John Hawkhead
John Hawkhead is a writer from the South West of England who, in 2021, won the Porad Haiku Contest, the Setouchi-Matsuyama haiku Grand Prix and was a Finalist in the Trailblazer contest.
star gazing
what we wished for
light years ago
snowed in
deep white drifts
quilt the night
lighting cigarettes
from each other’s cigarettes
the slow setting sun
midnight thunderstorm
her face in the lightning flash
suddenly closer
the heavy worm
twisting between my fingers
sunlight on the hook
