Summer’s slow descent
fills an emerald cragtooth maw
with stormcloud haze breath
Japanese maples
anoint chrysanthemum beds
with autumn wine
dawn’s splitear frostblaze
fills abandoned sparrow nests—
smoky breath fades
ABOUT:
Mark Morgan, Jr. is a Detroit native, teacher, and poet. His work is featured in The Rising Phoenix Review, Peninsula Poets by Poetry Society of Michigan, and the 2018-2022 editions of Sterling Script: A Local Author Collection by Walper Publishing. Mark also won Landmark Books' Fourth Annual Haiku Contest in 2018. When not teaching, writing, or working toward his Master's degree, Mark may be found reading, playing chess, or listening to jazz. More of Mark's work may be read on Instagram @anautumnroad_poetry.
EDITOR'S SONG PAIRING:
Chrysanthemum - Lofive