LEON TEFFT

SUMMER ISSUE #13 POET

Leon Tefft is a writer, poet, and author of Haiku Evolution and Haiku Traditions from Greenville, South Carolina. He is a member of the Haiku Society of America and the Tanka Society of America. You can see more of Tefft’s work and connect with him at leontefft.com.

HAIKU

elysian sky
the lark sings her
angelic song

marigold sunset
holding the promise
of tomorrow

TANKA

not knowing
where they come from
or where they go
for a brief time
fireflies