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First published in Denmark in 2015 by Bones—journal for contemporary haiku. http://www.bonesjournal.com

Copyright © Mike Andrelczyk 2015cover design and artwork by Stacey Andrelczyk

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The Celesta Made of Waterthirty haiku

Mike Andrelczyk

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sand sand and

the slow burning comets

stepping into whitespace rain

sunlight on icy blue pinesthe celesta made of water

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the yellow rain slowly turning into lizard bones

II secret or very like a whales egg

Zeus in an atom the criminal pays his rent

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Fire – the shaman brushes the lions from ashes

meteor showerin the distancehorse’s hooves

out over the cliff ’s edge is where the dancing girls play

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winter morning every breatha new ghost

Guatemala n tre- es that’s what the torn pap-er read by dawn

Nursing she-wolfthe rise and fallof empires

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starfish in the mathematical Bahamas

the ocean white pills

the boxfish doesn’t knowthe wind machinethe celesta

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in the fridgea lone bottle of white milkthe potato and light

monophonic ghost frozen river

dark blue treeat midnight what isgreen

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little fish swim between the printing pressesunder the river

pink dawnthe blue ghost stumbles through all the rooms in the house

exoskeletons of the sea-

horses return to airstreams

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ice ages and motel mini fridges tumbling over the endless mountains

the potato seeds begin to sprout space stations

walking with the hyacinth green city

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echolocation the purple sounds crossing the bridge

midnight plagiarizing the moon again

emory jasper treesscreech owls repeatmondegreens

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Cosmos of paraphernalia dissolving

the mint leaveshave dried, the ghost who wrote this

evaporating into night a question made of water

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Publishing credits

Sand / sand A Hundred Gourds 4.1 & Haiku 2015 (Modern Haiku Press)Stepping into whitespace Hedgerow 25the yellow rain Modern Haiku 45:2II / secret A New Resonance 8 (Red Moon Press)Zeus in an atom Roadrunner 12.3 2012Fire - / the shaman Simply Haiku Autumn v.7 #3Meteor shower Hedgerow 45out over the cli�’s edge Road Runner IX:3 Aug. 2009winter morning Road Runner 11.1 2011Guatemala n tre Simply Haiku Autumn v.7 #3nursing she-wolf Road Runner 11.1 2011star�sh Roadrunner 13.2 & Haiku 2014 (Modern Haiku Press)the ocean white pills Road Runner Nov. 2009 & A New Resonance 8 (Red Moon Press)the box�sh doesn’t know MASKS 4 In the fridge Modern Haiku 46:1Monophonic Roadrunner 13.1Dark blue tree Hedgerow 30little �sh swim A New Resonance 8 (Red Moon Press)Pink dawn the blue ghost Hedgerow 49Ice ages and motel Hedgerow 24The potato seeds Hedgerow 23walking with the hyacinth Road Runner Feb. 2009echolocation the purple Road Runner Feb. 2009 & A New Resonance 8 (Red Moon Press)midnight plagiarizing Frogpond 36:3cosmos of paraphernalia Roadrunner 12.3 2012the mint leaves Road Runner 12.2 2012evaporating A New Resonance 8 (Red Moon Press)

cover design and artwork by Stacey Andrelczyk