September 2023
Anthony Lusardi
lusardi133@gmail.com
Bio Note: My poetry has been published in various journals, including frogpond and bottle rockets. I have a total of four haiku chapbooks, published by buddha baby press, which have received rave reviews in frogpond and Modern Haiku. My most recent text this year is 'raindrops from yesterday.'

east coast wildfire smoke, june 7th, 2023

orchard spider
steadfast and
suspended
between
yellow irises

surrounded by
trophies of
wrapped flies

taking in
summer pollen
and the yellow smoke
smelling of wildfire

afterthought

the afterglow fades . . .
a blue dragonfly

escapes the
sundew

healing
in pondweed

the red blush
on its eyes

keeping
its brilliance.
©2023 Anthony Lusardi
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