Vicki Miko

The Chair Beside the Road

The bald doll dressed in a running suit is tied to the handlebars of his bicycle. There’s a paper plate with three hard-boiled eggs and a bottle of something orange on top of his Igloo cooler. A bent sunbeam weaves down through the clapping cottonwoods.

the homeless man
sweeps skeleton leaves
from the edges
around his grocery cart
I envy his notable ease

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About the Author

Vicki Miko is a retired television producer and a published illustrator/photographer. She was introduced to haiku in a meditation class. For her, haiku is paying attention and always keeping a little place for haiku notes. Vicki loves everything haiku and is inspired by the haiku community.

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