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The NLJ’s original poetry subsection features original poems, including haikus and tanka, by NLJ authors.

A Tanka on Ants in the Springtide

Nicholas A. Ferrell

There is no surer sign of spring than an ant home invasion.

February 6, 2022

The Serene Man With The Hose

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“The man with the hose was as serene as his sidewalk was clean”

A Tanka on Ant Home Invasions in the Spring

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜When the ants come, spring has sprung〜

August 15, 2020

A Tanka on Avoiding Mosquitoes

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Keep tastier company〜

TI-89 Haiku: Boerum Blue Jay and Black Squirrel

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I wrote a haiku about having seen a blue jay and black squirrel from a window in Brooklyn in the early 2000s on a Ti-89 Titanium graphing calculator and then posted the screen capture. (Why not?)