By: Andrew Brindle and Christina Chin

a fluttering bat
in the dawn sky
my indecision
a dropped mango
dents the hood

my old street
the neighbors
have aged
a daughter sweeps 
the porch

twisted trees
on the mountainside
we learn to survive
a boy rests 
at the firewood hut

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Andrew Brindle is from the UK and has been in Taiwan for more than 30 years, where he teaches at a small university on the beautiful northern coast of the island. When he is not working with students, he helps out at an organic vegetable patch in the hills outside the town where he lives with his wife and a rather large dog rescued dog. His haiku are often inspired by the ocean and mountains that surround him.

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Christina Chin is an award winning painter, author and haiku poet. 1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival Haiku Contest – 1st prize winner in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama Photohaiku Contest. She has been published in numerous journals, anthologies, including Japan’s prestigious Haikukai Magazine.