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.

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 & Eavonka Ettinger

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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