Haiku
By Alan Summers
dog mouser…
the moon’s whiskers
brush alongside
imaginary sandcastles
taking a turn with the tide
someone like me
fingers in the water trailing our dna back to its source
slippery moon I trail chapters of tepid rain
slip of the tongue a moon swallowed whole
Alan Summers, from the UK, is a Japan Times award-winning writer, filmed by NHK Television (Japan) for “Europe meets Japan - Alan’s Haiku Journey.” His haiku and haibun have been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions. Cats tend to adopt him while dogs enter into philosophical debate.