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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

A tanka poem on the surest sign of spring: Ant home invasions.

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?)