Michele Root-Bernstein

Galatea

As soon as I step inside the sculpture gallery, I notice her standing on a pedestal at the top of the stairs. She looks to be a young mime in white face, a free spirit just in off the street, with her kohl-lined eyes, her brightly colored clothes, her backpack dropped to the floor just below her feet. An invisible sign says, “Wait and see.”

first breath
the butterfly’s grip
on the split cocoon

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About the Author

Michele Root-Bernstein devotes herself to haiku, haibun and haiga. She is currently book editor of Modern Haiku and facilitator of Evergreen Haiku in mid-Michigan.