Jessica Malone Latham
Born:1982, San Diego California, USA
Residence: Santa Rosa, CA USA
Jessica Malone Latham, is a poet, writer and translator. Her Japanese poetry as appeared in dozens of journals and anthologies. She is the recipient of several awards and has published three collections: cricket song: Haiku and Short Poems from a Mother’s Heart (Red Moon Press), clouds of light (wooden nickel press) and all this bowing (buddha baby press).
Website: http://www.jessicalatham.com
Blog: http://www.rowdyprisoners.com
blackout curtains
it could be
any moon
welcome mat
the blessings
worn away
teething necklace
they mistake him
for a girl
stardust
father never wanted
to be buried
first piggy bank
my son most interested
in the penny
brother's calligraphy...
the closest I get
to holding his hand
silk orchids
sometimes being fake
is just easier
eggplant dress
mother tries to hide
her age
Madonna afternoon
the pep in my
ponytail
Failed Haiku, issue 18, June 2018
lobster night
father's laugh covered
in butter
pac-man date
he eats
my cherries
pierced tongue
the day she stopped
talking back