Micropoetry: Mugs, Moments, and Musings

another birthday,
the open road still calls
but not as loud


my good friend Bill
drinks wine from a coffee mug,
that says it all

​by Charles Rossiter
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spirits of the dead
return for one day
i set my chinaware 


mismatched in height & weight
we both take 3 sugars
in our coffee

​by Kyle Hemmings

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CHARLES ROSSITER has served as associate editor of Modern Haiku under Bob Spiess. With Jeff  Winke he co-edited the Third Coast Haiku Anthology, one of the earliest U.S. haiku anthologies. He lives and writes in Bennington, VT.

KYLE HEMMINGS has work published in Is/let, Bones, 2021 Best Flash Fictions, and elsewhere. He likes 50s sci-movies and 60s garage bands. His favorite groups of all time are love and Spirit. He loves his bicycle that he names Alice. ​

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