Eavonka Ettinger & Mark Gilbert
Oyster Bay Mission
go signal
lights on at the last
unspoiled territory
lightly tossed salad
waiting for the rocket
to arrive
barely pink
the wind sings
into this carapace
empty void
the weightlessness
of falling bodies
after the drama
smudges of stars
clutch green-gray light
Bio
Eavonka Ettinger arrived at haiku after a journey through theatre, film,
spoken word poetry, and teaching. She's a Touchstone Award, Red Moon
Anthology, and Best of the Net nominee. A few places her work has
appeared are whiptail, Modern Haiku, Poetry Pea, Rattle, Trash Panda,
and haikuKATHA. She lives in Long Beach, CA with her husband and cat.
Mark Gilbert lives in the UK and writes short prose and poetry. His work
has recently appeared in House of Horrors #6 (Alien Buddha Press),
Dirigible Balloon, Heterodox Haiku Journal, Suspect Device and the Dwarf
Stars anthology.