Category Archives: Jan Benson

Daily Haiku: March 1, 2018

porch-lit night the screen door thrums of junebugs   by Jan Benson (USA) Dos Gatos Press, 2012 .

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 19, 2018

cloud-quiet . . . the first scent of yellow     by Jan Benson (USA) Blithe Spirit, Vol. 27, #2, May 2017 .

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 19, 2017

canning day apple peels quilt the table top by Jan Benson tinywords, 13.3, Feb. 12, 2014  

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Your Responses: Why You Write Poetry

  This post is in response to my question to readers and followers on why they write poetry. I hope you enjoy it and that it gives you insights and inspiration. And, to those poets who took the time to … Continue reading

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