Gathering Seashells

Stalwart members of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society,

Mimi Ahern (left) and Toni Homan (right)

smile at the 2012 Asilomar Retreat: Haiku Pacific Rim.

Mrs. Minako Noma, from Matsuyama, Japan,

is the tiny, white-haired figure in the upper left.

Mimi currently serves as the Corresponding Secretary

and Toni as the Membership Secretary of YTHS.

eucalyptus bark

peeling

layers of sunset

Mimi Ahern

hoofmarks in the sand

gathering seashells now

all gone in one wave

Toni Homan

Both haiku from 

Extinguished Candles; 2009 Membership Anthology,

edited by June Hopper Hymas