Oceans Away

by Mark Dailey, Jun Katanuma, and Michael Dylan Welch


First published in Tandem 1:2, October 2021, page 49. Originally written 13 June 2021 on Zoom in a rengay session during the Haiku Society of America annual conference.



retreating sea

foam slides down

the ale glass Mark


a shell on the table

looks so blue Jun


noonday sun—

the business

of tidepools Michael


a salty breeze

through the sandcastles Mark


carrying away

the diagnosis

a gentle wave Jun


on the drive home

imagining the green flash Michael