Tanya McDonald

When the bough breaks

She tells me that the apple varieties we find in stores don’t grow from seeds. They’re the product of grafts from one tree to another. Plant the seed from a Golden Delicious and the tree that grows won’t produce Golden Delicious apples. They might be inedible, they might be incredible, but they won’t be the same.

rain-laden clouds nobody's mother

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About the Author

Tanya McDonald is the founder and editor of Kingfisher, a pocket-sized haiku journal. Her own haiku, haibun, and rengay have appeared in various journals and anthologies since 2008. Frequently distracted by birds, she lives near Portland, Oregon, where she is currently scoping out apples for her first pie of the season.

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