Brandon Yu

Ohio Haiku

Across stone-gray fields

Dandelion parachutes

Descend in series

The junked engine

In an ancient tractor hides

A nest of sparrows

Highway billboard on

Interstate 270

Proclaims HELL IS REAL

A farmer’s backyard:

One trailer, two ATVs,

Jumbo trampoline.

Brandon Yu is a writer and poet from South Florida with a passion for storytelling. His work has been published in Maudlin House, Soup Can Magazine, Fabula Argentea, Oyster River Pages, the Washington Square Review, Gordon Square Review, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and elsewhere.

Artwork: “Slots on a Sunday” by Daniel Lurie

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