Humana Obscura Issue #01 (Fall/Winter 2020)

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THREE HAIKU ALEX FYFFE

moth weaving between drops of light

cicadas vibrating heat

autumn wind clicks its claws across the lot little yellow leaves

ALEX FYFFE is an English teacher living with his wife and daughter in the Houston, Texas area. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a BA in English and spent a semester studying Japanese and Buddhism in Hikone, Japan. He fell in love with the haiku form after discovering the work of the 20th-century wandering monk Taneda Santoka. Currently, Fyffe is writing his first picture book.

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