Poet Details

Elliot Nicely

Elliot Nicely lives in Amherst, Ohio where his toddler is teaching him to giggle and dance again.

Books Published: Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku (Rosenberry Books, 2013)

copper streaked cheeks
The Blessed Virgin
cupping rain

below zero
for the third day
the lowing of bulls

abandoned greenhouse
inside and out
wildflowers

winter solstice sun the length of a windowsill

waiting
for her lab results
the black between stars

the
silence
that
follows
each
of
the
first
raindrops

Credits: "copper streaked cheeks" - Mayfly 41 (2006); "abandoned greenhouse" - bottle rockets 20 (2009); "waiting" - Frogpond 33:2 (2010); "below zero" - Modern Haiku 41.3 (2010); "winter solstice" - bottle rockets 24 (2011); "the silence" - bottle rockets 27 (2012).