Springtime Drive: a staggered haiku

Written By Katie Amundsen

By Leanne Shirtliffe


for godmothers

 

Scissors riding shot

gun, primed to steal lilacs, car-

pe fucking diem


 

Leanne Shirtliffe is a writer who teaches literature in Calgary, Alberta, who is currently working on a poetry collection at the intersection of farming, feminism, and family. Her latest poems appear in Stanchion, VoidSpace, and One Art. You can read her collection of Overheard Haiku on Instagram @leanne_shirtliffe.

Katie Amundsen
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