five spring haiku

by James Roderick Burns

Downpour –

even the potholes

have potholes

*

Through the haar

a late-morning fox

zigs and zags

*

Blackbirds

lengthening –

late afternoon

*

In the window

of the abandoned store

a film about gulls

*

Dusky spire –

next door’s cat

answers his name

James Roderick Burns is the author of one flash fiction collection, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and five collections of short-form poetry, most recently Crows at Dusk (Red Moon Press, 2023).  His stories have twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and he serves as Staff Reader in Poetry for Ploughshares.  He can be found on Twitter @JamesRoderickB and his newsletter ‘A Bunch of Fives’ offers one free, published story a fortnight (abunchoffives.substack.com).