Alvin B. Cruz

Joyride

For the first time, I am going to the country fair without you. Even though every ride reminds me of you—of you and me together. I get on each one as if I were a child again. In the ups and downs, a strange sensation runs through me. One way or another, the roller coaster, carousel, and Ferris wheel continue to go round and round. 

snow globe the sound of each flake falling

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About the Author

Alvin B. Cruz has published three poetry books, most recently a collection of haiku, senryu, and tanka titled Paper Cranes (Central Books, 2023). His haiku have appeared in Modern Haiku, Presence, Frogpond, Cold Moon Journal, whiptail, Poetry Pea, and Wales Haiku Journal, among others. He lives in Manila, Philippines.