Three Haikus
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*Inspired by ceramic masks made by Lynda Anderson.
Masks
Clay heads on display.
Rough nudge on fall dusting day.
Calm gaze; Oribe glaze.
Impermanence
Nothing lasts for long.
Spring love; burns bright. Cracks appear.
Once heated; now cool.
Face Off
Masking some problems
Repress, regress, cracks do form.
Most don’t winter storms.
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John Chapman
John Chapman is a retired counselor, EdD in Counseling Psychology. Career counselor with teenagers for thirty years., after retirement, worked part-time as a career counselor at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Taught. Part time at Western Michigan University. He resides in Kalamazoo, MI, and has published three chapbooks and has a YouTube channel, Poemography,
narrated words with graphic images. John is currently battling cancer while pursuing creative endeavors.
