Joanna Ashwell
Flipside
The eggs are over-done but still edible. The chocolate hasn’t melted but can still be used. The curtains don’t match but they’ll fit right in with the scatter cushions. The table is missing a leg but if you sit at the right end, you can make it through a meal. The bed is missing a pillow but now I have more room to extend every limb.
without you
the duvet stars
still shine on
no more night stories
whisper in my ear
About the Author
Joanna Ashwell, a writer from the north-east of England, is a member of various societies for haiku and tanka. She enjoys reading and writing haiku, tanka, haibun, cherita, and other related forms.