Eavonka Ettinger, USA

Introducing  : Eavonka Ettinger arrived at haiku after a journey through theatre, film, spoken word poetry, and teaching. She's a Touchstone Award nominee ('22 and '23) and Golden Haiku 2023 selectee. A few places her work have recently appeared are Scarlet Dragonfly, Seashores, Haiku Pea Podcast, Plum TreeTavern, Under the Basho, Pan Haiku Review, Failed Haiku, Suspect DDevice, Punk Zine, Wales Haiku Journal,  and Presence. She lives in Long Beach, CA with her husband and cat.

wild parrots
in the pepper tree
chitter chat

June 21st 2023

wind-tossed
wishes to see you
dandelion

November 11th 2023 

a rowboat
floating in the pond
white  petals

May 26th 2024 

bitter wind
the faltering flutter
of a butterfly

December 5th 2024