Theresa A. Cancro

By Theresa A. Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

sooty smokestacks
where dinosaurs
once grazed

By Theresa A. Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

faint aurora  . . .
a polar bear clambers
onto the shrinking floe

Theresa A. Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

unmixed oil slicks press against dolphin skin

fall leaves…
a plastic bag gapes
wide as Texas

First published in The Other Bunny, June 11, 2018

By Theresa A. Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

broken bottle
at the end of the path
blue-eyed grass

First published in Plum Tree Tavern, 2015

By Theresa A. Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

crack of dawn —
fireflies escape
the jar

First published in Chrysanthemum #18, 2015

By Theresa A. Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

small silence –
a night heron ensnared
in fishing wire

First published in Plum Tree Tavern, 2015

By Theresa A. Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

landfill overflow . . .
a praying mantis
bows its head

A version of this haiku was originally published in The Weekly Avocet, #508, August 28, 2022

By Theresa A. Cancro
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

crescent moon –
a scarred manatee 
nurses her calf

First published in Every Chicken, Cow, Fish and Frog: Animal Rights Haiku, Robert Epstein and Miriam Wald, editors (Kindle edition), 2017