Forgotten

by Michael Dylan Welch and Garry Gay


First published in Sound of a Leaf, the 2018 Seabeck Haiku Getaway anthology (Bellevue, Washington: Haiku Northwest Press, 2020), page 63. Originally written on 26 October 2018 at the Meeting House at the Seabeck Conference Center in Seabeck, Washington. +



estate sale—

the remains of a silverfish

in the insect book Michael


on the unswept walkway

dew-covered caterpillar Garry


vacant lot—

a dozen grasshoppers

ticking in a jar Michael


termite dust

under the back step

rusted nail heads Garry


a nest of bees

in the broken mailbox Michael


forgotten swing set

two fireflies

chase each other Garry