Poems from Nick Virgilio's Selected Haiku
The following is a selection of poems from Nick Virgilio's 1989 book, Selected Haiku, which was published in limited quantity by Rod Willmot's Black Moss Press. The book is now out of print.
lily:
out of the water...
out of itself
heat before the storm:
a fly disturbs the quiet
of the empty store
my spring love affair:
the old upright Remington
wears a new ribbon
town barberpole
stops turning:
autumn nightfall
autumn twilight:
the wreath on the door
lifts in the wind
Thanksgiving alone:
ordering eggs and toast
in an undertone
flag-covered coffin:
the shadow of the bugler
slips into the grave
my dead brother...
hearing his laugh
in my laughter
NOTE: The Nick Virgilio Haiku Society has a limited quantity of Selected Haiku
available for sale. To purchase a copy, contact the NVHS at 1092 Niagra Rd. Camden, NJ
08104.
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