City Afternoon by Barrie Levine

I saved an outside table
for coffee in October
with you, dear daughter,
our sugar cubes
and conversation
dissolving in laughter



Barrie Levine retired from the practice of law and in her seventies began avidly reading and writing haiku. She participates in virtual open mics and teaches a writing class at her senior center. If anyone asks what she does in her retirement, she proudly identifies herself as a haiku poet.