Denis M. Garrison is a poet and editor. His well-received collection of free and formal verse, Sailor in the Rain and Other Poems, is currently in print as are his haiku collections, Hidden River, Eight Shades of Blue, and Fire Blossoms: The Birth of Haiku Noir. Garrison edits the respected journals Modern English Tanka and Ambrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku. He owns and operates the MET Press, a small publishing house specializing in fine verse.
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Haiku Noir on Madness



back home after work—
on my fresh-painted front door
a bloody hand print

                                                                  their promises are lies—
                                                                  there’s no one in the mirror
                                                                  again today

                                                                                                                                    peering from the street
                                                                                                                                    the mailman must know too much
                                                                                                                                    he’ll have to go too


from Fire Blossoms: The Birth of Haiku Noir
© 2008 Denis M. Garrison

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