Sondra J. Byrnes
Born in Great Bend, Kansas
Currently living in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sondra J. Byrnes, relatively new to writing poetry, writes haiku, senryu and tanka. Her poetry has been published in Frogpond, A Hundred Gourds, Ribbons, Modern Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, Moongarlic, among others. Byrnes, together with Charles Trumbull, started the Santa Fe Haiku Study Group in February 2015. She was elected Secretary of the Haiku Society of America in 2015. Byrnes served on the planning committee for Haiku North America 2017 in Santa Fe. Byrnes is a retired law and business professor from the University of Notre Dame; she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Along with short form poetry, Byrnes is interested in ikebana and chanoyu.
Twitter @SondraJByrnes
a shawl he gave me
cut up for washing rage--
spring cleaning
South by Southeast 20:2, Summer 2013
zazen--
my knees
won't stop talking
tinywords 13.2, September 2013
his cracker crumbs--
when did i start
to notice?
Prune Juice, November 2013
he kicks a stone into an argument
moongarlic, November 2013
brand management
the holes in her
timeline
Cattails, January 2014
a wrong answer
in the third grade--
lingering clouds
Frogpond 37:1, Winter 2014
early retirement
rearranging stones
in the garden
Acorn, Fall 2014
cockleburs--
all those mistakes
i've made
Prune Juice, November 2014
dinner for one--
she reheats the
argument
tinywords 14.2, November 2014
morning prayer
she knots and unknots
her apron strings
Frogpond 38:1
cutting me off
at the inbound lane
crescent moon
Daily Haiku Cycle 20 Winter 2016
at the gym
after thanksgiving
pumping irony
Failed Haiku, January 2016
at the market
i think that stranger in line
is a facebook friend
Modern Haiku, 47:1
mice running the walls of my mind--winter chill
The Heron's Nest, March 2016
vegan
that tone
of voice
Prune Juice, March 2016
poetry reading the grain in the floor
A Hundred Gourds, June 2016
zazen--
on a latecomer's shoes
rip of velcro
Failed Haiku, April 2015
her gossip
how the dust motes
rise and resettle
Brass Bell, May 2016
day moon--
growing into the person
i thought i was
Failed Haiku, July 2016
typos
in her apology
spring weeds
Frogpond 39:2, Summer 2016
after harsh words
we pull our chairs
into the sun
Modern Haiku 47:3