From the collection The Immediate and No Sooner, 2021.
Haiku 838
8/6/20
an apology
perhaps he was remorseful
perhaps he was ill
Haiku 839
8/6/20
secretive, I am:
the bank accounts are empty
the plane tickets bought
6 thoughts on “Haiku 838, 839”
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Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
Again I love the suggestion of wider narratives in your briefest poems. That is such a skill and you have such a talent for it. There is a particular frisson to the second one.
I do like an open-ended story all right! And a mystery.
Perhaps a little vindictive too? I love the second one!!
Thank you. I like a story with a little twist!
Haiku 839 makes me think of Yoda from Star Wars – how that Jedi Master talks!
I’ve always liked the reversed sentence structure, to me, it sounds exotic!