Works

2025

Haiku Canada Review (Oct 2025)

naming each
chick at the feed store
ice cream flavors

Poetry Pea Journal 4:25 issue (Podcast, 9/29 S8E39 minute mark 35:09)

termite’s path
in the cherry wood
crescent moon

Cold Moon Journal (September 9, 2025) – https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2025/09/meagan-bussert.html

due date today
she folds and refolds
the new nappy

2023

5th Morioka International Haiku Competition – Special Selection

warbler’s nest
a bus ticket tucked
within

hedgerow #144 Autumn 2023

the pebble’s descent
from the cliff to the lake
I finally quit

Haiku Canada Review (Oct 2023)

chrysanthemums
ever blooming
on her forearm

Chrysanthemum 31 (Oct 2023)

where the smooth flesh
of a plum meets the pit
—stargazing

Kingfisher Journal #8

altar call
only thunder
answers

Haikuniverse (Aug 16, 2023) – https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-meagan-bussert/

fallen ginkgo leaves
the last sunlight
at my feet

The Taj Mahal Review VOL. 23 NO.  1 JUNE 2023

sunbathing
a fly here before me
bows hello

hail in the bird feeder
the woods quiet
for once

tomato juice
down the toddler’s chin
farmer’s market stall

crow’s caw
she watches the phone ring
before answering

Cold Moon Journal (August 7, 2023) – https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2023/08/by-meagan-bussert.html

sitting in church
thinking about
thinking about distractions

Cicada’s Cry Summer 2023

tornado sirens
spiders make room for us
in the basement

Poetry Pea Journal June/July 2023 (Podcast, 6/18/2023; Journal, 7/2023)

finals week
one lily pad
on top of another

bedridden
the sound of rain
no—the ice

hedgerow #141 Spring 2023 – https://hedgerowhaiku.com/the-print-issues/

still thinking
about the silence of the prairie… 
morning commute

Poetry Pea Journal February 2023 (Podcast, 2/20/2023)

rubbing my thumb
against each bruise
…windfall apples

2020

Presence #66 2020 – https://haikupresence.org/tagged/News

mountain rain
the blur between
black and white

2019

Frogpond 42.3 2019 – http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2019-issue42-3/index.html

honeymoon
losing our way
in the mountains

hedgerow #129 Autumn 2019 – https://hedgerowhaiku.com/the-print-issues/

looking
beyond the pasture
—summer lightning

Modern Haiku 50.3 Autumn 2019 – http://www.modernhaiku.org/issue50-3/index.html

snowed in
I don’t know
what I don’t know

Chicago Botanic Garden’s Words in Bloom: A Year of Haiku 2019 (with Haiku Society of America)

which path to take
a yellow butterfly
chooses me

2017

Acorn #43 Fall 2017 – https://acornhaiku.com/sample-poems/

summer wind finding the end of the noose

Akitsu Quarterly Winter 2017 – http://www.wildgraces.com/Akitsu-Quarterly.html

Ash Wednesday
surprise lilies
lose their petals

paper moonlight
yellow the cat’s
good eye

dragonfly
finds dragonfly—
summer haze

Haikuniverse 12/4/2017 – http://www.haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-meagan-collins-2/

orange orchard
I peel the skin
from the frost

Cicada’s Cry Autumn 2017 – http://thecicadascry.com/backissues.html

autumn moon
the red pines
lose their color

Modern Haiku 48.3 Autumn 2017 – http://www.modernhaiku.org/issue48-3/index.html

new moon
no one can see
the snail’s path

Shamrock #37 2017 – https://shamrockhaiku.webs.com/shamrockno37.html

on the window sill
I splinter a pomegranate
—spring morning

blind mare
losing her
in the snow

in the fire
pine needles
turn whiter

smoke signals
I wonder when the turkey
will be done

plum juice
drips down her chin
the bird flies away

Wild Plum Winter 2017 – https://en.calameo.com/read/004113895080df68535b6

rain on roof
another cold bed
tonight

The Taj Mahal Review VOL. 16 NO. 1 JUNE 2017 – http://tajmahalreview.com/subcriptionsdetails.php?id=113&name=VOL.%2016%20NUMBER%201%20JUNE%202017%20(31st%20Issue)

braiding her hair the last of the wheat harvest returns

Gyokuro tea
watching my reflection
become clearer

fireworks crackle
wisps of barbeque smoke
halo the moon

om
spring rains
prayers

just one more—
a robin finds a blooming twig

Buddha statue
swallows nest
in the armpits

in the grass
birds bob for worms
—spring rain

skinny dipping
last night—the owlet
turns its head

goosebumps at the turn of dusk your hand on mine

another summer’s night
fades into lavender

Haikuniverse 8/5/2017 – http://www.haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-meagan-collins/

summer breeze—
lilies wilt underneath
the dog statue

Presence #58 2017 – https://haikupresence.org/tagged/News#_=_

departing geese
I return to the house
I don’t know

winter pond
duck feathers carry
the moonlight

PS. I married in 2018, so some of my haiku are attributed to Meagan Collins