Aftermath

by Jerry Ball, Michael Dylan Welch, James Rodriguez, Billie Dee, Genie Nakano, and Deborah P Kolodji

Published in Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2026, pages 63–64. Originally written 6 November 2010 at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway in Seabeck, Washington.

charred boulders

at the mountain top

where once there were trees Jerry

high water line

marked on city hall Michael

blown-off roof

the little girl in braids

lifted out James

after the quake

sorting pink heart pills

from the glass shards Billie

bromeliads blooming

by hardened lava Genie

Siberian photo

a hundred miles

of flattened trees Deborah