J. Zimmerman

J. Zimmerman

Munitions worker staggering home from the pub — dark billowing cloud
	Bright Live-Forever on the golden shore boys digging sand palaces
Elkhorn Slough maze branching through pickleweed the lost kayakers
	First day of autumn noticing her friend’s new wrinkles
Waiting for moonrise the man on the yellow cart whistles Puccini
	Family quarrel the breakfast tartness of fresh quince jam
Whiz of a snowball suddenly every child looks angelic
	Snow on the peaks lasts almost till noon — this fast-paced life
Blue unicycle riding by New Year’s morning balanced … unbalanced
	Spring morning doing something new with pink scarves

All poems copyright by the author. They are not for any use without explicit permission. A number of these poems have been published in Geppo, various anthologies of YTHS, and Heron’s Nest. “Munitions worker” was awarded Second Prize in the 2011 YTHS Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest. “Blue unicycle” was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2007 YTHS Tokutomi Memorial Haiku Contest.