Bryan Rickert
Born 1972 in Belleville, Illinois USA
Lives in Belleville, Illinois USA
Bryan Rickert is from Belleville, Illinois. He has been published in a number of fine journals and anthologies. His haiku and senryu collection Fish Kite is available through Cyberwit Publishing. He is the editor at The Living Senryu Anthology and is the co-editor of Failed Haiku Journal of Senryu.
More biographical information on this poet may be accessed at https://haikupedia.org/
late to bed–
the pillow you use
to divide us
HSA Members’ Anthology 2017
the mouse’s neck
askew in the trap–
seasonal depression
The Heron's Nest XIX.3
undressing–
a glimpse of the girl
she used to be
Prune Juice 21
cleaning father’s closet
the shoes
I still can’t fill
Prune Juice 23
our talk
about the pig picture–
art museum
Failed Haiku 2.15
daybreak–
the junkie’s
empty stare
Failed Haiku 2.17
Oktoberfest
the aimless swagger
of an alley cat
Failed Haiku 2.22
garden weeds
questioning my neighbor’s
long term interests
Frogpond 41.2
the ritual
of a clean shave–
funeral day
Modern Haiku 49.1
reading the will
I inherit
his anxiety
Cattails April 2018
in-law’s visit
I gut the melon
instead
Ephemerae 1.B
after the gardener’s death
the maple and pine
finally meet
Fish Kite (Cyberwit 2018)
office Halloween party zombies networking
Prune Juice 24
deep winter
whispering “come on baby”
while starting the car
Failed Haiku 3.28
swimming
nude
the
snapping
turtles
Failed Haiku 3.32
coffee with mother
bitter as usual
Failed Haiku 3.33
long distance love
waiting for her
download
Failed Haiku 3.36
her short skirt
the in and out movements
of a swear bee
Failed Haiku 3.36