Welcome to the December, 2022 issue of brass bell: a haiku journal.

The theme this month is night.

Contributing poets are from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Malta, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Wales.

campfire
the crescendo
of cricket songs
    Adjei Agyei-Baah

the night is also in my mirror
    ai li

passing the boarding house
where Dad spent one night
before his final days
    Alan Bern

so, little spider
we sleep in the same room
another night
    Alan Peat

not yet dawn
voices of neighbors
praising their dogs
    Alexis Rotella

chasing memories the night passes quickly
    Angela Giordano

broken thread
pearl necklace —
rainy night
    Angiola Inglese

s t r o b o s c o p e
neighborhood cats parade
past the motion sensor light
    Barbara Sabol

moongate
conspicuous in absence
a nightingale’s song
    Barbara Sayre

the damaged plate
from an old quarrel
kintsugi moon
    Barrie Levine

construction site —
even in the dark
the fragrance of

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