by Michael Dylan Welch and Terri Thorfinnson
First published in Mariposa #54, Spring–Summer 2026, page 29. Originally written early in the early morning of 26 September 2025 in the Oregon Room in San Francisco’s Holiday Inn Golden Gateway hotel during that year’s Haiku North America conference.
family gathering
my sister reminds me
how to spell embouchure Michael
staccato notes
from backyard starlings Terri
long weekend
the largo
of our conversation Michael
at the pool party
the neighbor’s concerto
of opinions Terri
piano arpeggios
rising from the basement Michael
graduation day
a Sonata drives up
with a red bow Terri