#poignant #senryu by Laurence Stacey. Laurence teaches English & literature courses at Kennesaw State University. He is also the recent coauthor of “Before the Earth: Haiku and Haikai.” In addition to studying poetics, he is a longtime martial artist, interested in connections between the disciplines he enjoys. #poetry #smoke #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #boystomen #micropoetry #ksu