Laurie Kuntz
Laurie Kuntz’s books are: That Infinite Roar, Gyroscope Press, Talking Me Off The Roof, Kelsay Books, The Moon Over My Mother’s House, Finishing Line Press, Simple Gestures, Texas Review Press, Women at the Onsen, Blue Light Press, and Somewhere in the Telling, Mellen Press. Simple Gestures, won Texas Review’s Chapbook Contest, and Women at the Onsen won Blue Light Press’s Chapbook Contest. She’s been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes and two Best of the Net Prizes. In 2024, she won a Pushcart Prize. Her work has been published in Gyroscope Review, Roanoke Review, Third Wednesday, One Art, Anti-Heroin Chic, and other journals. Happily retired, she lives in an endless summer state of mind. More at: https://lauriekuntz.myportfolio.com/home-1
Haiku of 50 Years and 40 Pounds Ago
I want to make this a haiku
with a grand seasonal hook
as so many autumns have passed
since I could stop traffic
with a swirl of my hips,
now I am just stuck in a gridlock
and all the syllables of my years
have gone beyond
anything numbering 17.
I have been here too long
for a three line thought
of nature’s lessons.
The rest of my days
will be lived
in the shortened form
of all things poetic.
