Lynn Edge
Endearments
Uncle Day called me Dude. It may have been his version of my first name, Judy, but I thought it was a joke as I considered myself a cowgirl. Hey, Dude, he called, his dark eyes sparkling under a wide-brimmed Stetson, while he and Daddy talked brother to brother. Hey, Dude, he called when I watched him ride his golden palomino like my hero, Roy Rodgers. He called his blonde wife Honey so often that everyone called her Honey. Once I asked about his name, but he didn’t answer.
shadows of day lilies
brush his headstone
Isaiah Watson Whitaker
About the Author
Lynn Edge lives in a small Texas town. She has written haibun since 2002 and has been published in journals such as contemporary haibun online and Frogpond, as well as in the contemporary haibun anthology series. She’s published two books of haibun with Red Moon Press: Unsaddled (2022) and Then and Now (2025).