rare blooms
by Patricia Hawkhead
a body blessed
with imperfect-ions
ion: a charged subatomic particle, such as a free electron, or an atom that carries a positive or negative electric charge having lost or gained one or more electrons.
Further reading:
‘The Effect of Negative Ions’, 2019, Jewell, T., HealthLine, available: https://www.healthline.com/health/negative-ions
Author bio:
Patricia Hawkhead’s haikai and poetry have been published in publications including: Asahi Haikuist Network, Blōō Outlier, Bones , Cattails, Cold Moon Journal, dadakuku, Echidna Tracks, Failed Haiku, Five Fleas (itchy poetry), haikuNetra, Poetry Pea, Presence, Prune Juice, Scarlett Dragonfly, Shadow Pond Journal, tsuri-dōrō and Haiku Universe. You can follow her on X/Twitter at @patricahawkhead
Read another sciku by Patricia here: ‘Pathogenders’.