five scifaiku

the moon’s peak–
spring’s shrill rut
a braying mist worm

scorching solar winds        all surface mining stopped

clone-soldiers
stand in straight ranks
in boring rain

oh, this replacement brain        still empty inside

leftover pin fruit–
high in the dar-dar tree
gathering star-wings

ED HIGGINS‘s poems and short fiction have appeared in various print and online journals, including Scifaikuest and multiple other haiku/short-form journals. He and his wife live on a small farm South of Portland, OR. He teaches writing and literature at George Fox University.