When this haiku popped up on my Facebook memory prompt this morning, it was as if I was seeing something written by someone else until it came into focus. I knew I had done the South Common haiku, but this one from 2012 had slipped out of my brain cave. If I had remembered it, I could have included it in my recent collection Haiku Sky from SuperLargePrint.com. Here’s a link to order the book for anyone who is interested in seeing more. The photo below is out-sized for the small poem, but maybe that’s good for a haiku that mentions ants.
South Common, Lowell, Mass., courtesy of Wikipedia.com
Ant mills on the slope,
symmetrical, by the book.
Two guys sleeping out.
—Paul Marion (c) 2019