April 2022
Anthony Lusardi
lusardi133@gmail.com
Bio Note: Aside from having haikus published in journals, such as Modern Haiku, The Cicada's Cry, and hedgerow, I've had other poetry published into collections; many by Eber & Wein Publishing, in Pennsylvania, all while working with the merch crew at a Costco store.

high is the stonefly’s love branch (a valentine poem for 2022)

at the lake’s edge, stoneflies
bidding farewell to their watery homes
emerging, passing pillwort
climbing rocks and branches
for their season of love.

all day long
they conduct their drumming
hoping their vibrations reach
as far as the lake’s other edge
and back and forth
and back and forth.

recapitulation of an old story

chalk drawings:
purple smileys
green hearts
black unicorns

but once again
the rain . . .

and once again
the blank sidewalks
for the next
generation
of young artists
©2022 Anthony Lusardi
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