My Gypsy Spy

by Rohan Buettel

Art: Lea Abi Zeid Daou

Try, my gypsy spy

Why stymy gym trysts?

Spry nymphs shyly cry

Synth rhythms scry crypts

 

Psych myths slyly pry

Synch syzygy glyphs

Thy pyx hymns fly by

Dryly lynch lymph cysts

 

Syfy sylph gyp sky

Wryly ply shy sphynx

Sync wynd pygmy fry

Dry sty — typy lynx

Rohan Buettel lives in Canberra, Australia. His haiku have appeared in various Australian and international journals (including Frogpond, Cattails and The Heron’s Nest). His longer poetry recently appears in The Elevation Review, Rappahannock Review, Penumbra Literary and Art Journal, Mortal Magazine, Passengers Journal, Reed Magazine, Meniscus and Quadrant.