Michele Root-Bernstein
born in USA in 1953
lives in Michigan, USA
Michele Root-Bernstein devotes herself to haiku, haibun, and haiga. Her work appears in journals and anthologies at home and abroad and on three large rocks in Ohio. She has served as co-editor of Frogpond and book editor of Modern Haiku. Currently she facilitates the Evergreen Haiku study group in mid-Michigan.
summer’s end
the mother of the bride
holds an empty hat box
a flutter
in the doe’s flank
crocus in snow
the river’s mouth
no end to the end
of the journey
lilacs
the scent of the past
imperfect
this morning
it takes the iris to open
forever
Acorn 31, Fall 2013
gathering dusk
all the colored pencils
back in their cup
deep snow
the whole day inside
myself
Third Honorable Mention, The Robert Spiess Memorial 2018 Haiku Awards
Magritte sky
this is not a ku
about clouds
Modern Haiku 49:1, Winter 2018
stretched thin,
my vowels
in moonlight
time shifting luggage in the overhead bin
Modern Haiku 50.2, Summer 2019
wet leaves
the way loss mellows
the path home
First Place, Porad Haiku Award 2019
dormant orchid dream me androgynous
unmade bed
my body’s dent
in the biome
Mariposa 42, Spring/Summer 2020
stone cistern
the song fills
with wren
not
easy
to
catch
the
first
leaf
alling
Modern Haiku 52.1, Winter-Spring 2021