“Nature’s Way”
Janis Butler Holm
Artist Statement: These haiku were written with the world's current autocratic threats in mind.
a swarm of gnats--
the spiders motionless
on their webs
a hive of bees--
the black bear raising
heavy paws
the towering oak--
termite lacings
on a fallen branch
Janis Butler Holm served as Associate Editor for Wide Angle, the film journal, and currently works as a writer and editor in Los Angeles. Her prose, poems, and performance pieces have appeared in small-press, national, and international magazines. Her plays have been produced in the U.S., Canada, Russia, and the U.K.