we kissed in the sea —
now sand is smiling
in the carpet
haiku by rachel mcalpine CC BY 2.0 photo of Oriental Bay, Wellington, by David Leverton CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
we kissed in the sea —
now sand is smiling
in the carpet
haiku by rachel mcalpine CC BY 2.0 photo of Oriental Bay, Wellington, by David Leverton CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
A furry butterfly
alights and burns
her tongue.
Poem by Rachel McAlpine, CC BY-NC 2.0, photo by Toshihiro Gamo, CC BY 2.0
and everyone had a sticky
floaty flimsy short-term shadow
trying to lose the sun
poem and photo rachel mcalpine CC BY 2.0
azaleas
red hot cinders
firing up the hill
Poem by Rachel McAlpine CC BY-NC
Photo by Guilhem Vellut CC BY 2.0: Azalea Festival at Shiofune Kannon-ji, Ome
a silky sweet overhead jelly—
yes, they had sky over Beijing
and Delhi, too
poem by rachel mcalpine, photo vicki buck, both CC BY 2.0
a photo of sunshine
see that bright shiny lightness?
that was before your time
photo and poem by rachel mcalpine CC BY 2.0