Mark Arvid White

Mirrored

Prom
dance
she waits
by herself
a father's daughter
she moves by the hallway mirror
blue dress shimmering
her blue eyes
searching
dreams
life
night
comes
she moves
in the house
alone in the dark
mirrored image of her mother
shining like a star
in the night
seeking
for
love.

Bio

Mark Arvid White lives in Alaska, and has been writing poetry and stories for a number of years. He is devoted to haiku and other Japanese forms, but also loves to write in many other non-Eastern styles, including Fibonacci. His publication credits include such print and online journals as Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Candelabrum, Permafrost, Japanophile, Wild Violet, AlienSkin, and many others in the U.S. and abroad. He has received best of issue awards, appeared in numerous anthologies including A Haiku Moment, and has won various contest awards. He is the founder of the Shin Tao Haiku Retreat, a gathering place for poets online in the virtual community of Second Life.