Roberta Beary rmb231@msn.com English no personal web site United States Roberta Beary, born in New York City, has lived in Europe and Asia. She is a lawyer in Washington, D.C. She began writing haiku in Tokyo where she lived between 1990-1995. She is a member of the Towpath Haiku Group (a group of haiku poets from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.).

early spring walk your hand in my pocket	first snow at every window a child's face
hands stained with tiger lilies all day this heat	not hearing it til the cat stirs birdsong
picking strawberries grandma's rolled up sleeves reveal pale tattooed numbers	my son and i counting fireflies counting stars
piano practice losing my place to the roses	piano practice in the room above me my father shouting
turning away from the pear tree ... turning back	far from home an empty swing half my size      (for Anita Virgil)