Haiku
by Kelley White
Moving out —
your bicycle leaning in
the empty hall
PAINTING: “The Bicycle” by Georges Braque (1961).
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: My mother lived in the same house for over 50 years, I’ve moved too many times to want to count. This little piece, which previously appeared in bear creek haiku, speaks, I hope, a bit to the loneliness of the homes we leave.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Pediatrician Kelley White worked in inner city Philadelphia and now works in rural
New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in journals, including Exquisite Corpse, Rattle, and JAMA. Her most recent books are Toxic Environment (Boston Poet Press) and Two Birds in Flame (Beech River Books). She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.
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