haiku (archived 2009-09-06)

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• front paws down, tongues out ~ canine jesters for no one ~ kings of the dog park

  

• the falling of rain.. ~ droplets becoming prisms ~ crash-diving in mud

• towels on the clothesline ~ colorful banners streaming ~ announcing the day

• night shift moon waiting ~ sunrise yawning and stretching ~ day shift birds punch in

• noisy birds flitting ~ impatiently, branch to branch ~ feeder hangs empty

• in the dark he reads ~ a book that only he knows ~ mind turning pages

• french quarter street lamp ~ old man plays a beat-up sax ~ "da notes, dey jess shiine.."

• only those knights armed ~ with soft words and open hands ~ slay angry dragons

• hummingbird darting ~ sees his mirrored reflection ~ a heartbeat too late

• a small tree, stunted, ~ sun-scorched; pale green buds hoping ~ for the sweat of clouds

• trajectory off ~ staring carcass, plumage singed ~ grid loses power

• at the zoo, first date ~ holding her for the first time ~ animals cheering

• standing in your heart, ~ I step in the hole he left ~ ...feel myself falling

• the reeds long decayed, ~ saxophones in museums.. ~ John Coltrane lives on

• they're searching for peace ~ using bombs, as if buried ~ underneath rubble...

• unnoticed, struggling ~ a writhing ant slowly dies... ~ thoughtlessly placed steps

• monk facing the wall ~ body practicing zazen ~ while his mind dances...

• so suspiciously, ~ questioning all the answers... ~ never the questions

• a forgotten book ~ yellowed, in a box waiting ~ laptop recharges

• frayed wires touching ~ positive to negative ~ tripping love's breaker

• very hard to tell.. ~ either crickets or the music ~ are off their rhythm

• ((A + B) * 2) ~ * 10³ ~ solution: quit math

• solar flare kicks up ~ rise and decay of the sun ~ dying giant spits

• I'm not the first one ~ to have this difficulty, ~ just first time this life

• angry, desperate ~ proud and ashamed ~ withdrawing, reaching...

• just like evening stars... ~ all the same, all different ~ voices of crickets

• in the daylight sky ~ invisible stars shimmer ~ behind the cloudbanks

• black and white jumping ~ two old men playing checkers ~ two kids twirling rope

• beautiful bare feet ~ pretty lady with a cane ~ wears pain on her face

• zen is very much ~ like noticing the slash mark ~ in between two/words

• thoughtless wind frees them ~ twirling ghosts pass ancient eyes ~ he and leaves are one

• and if I wouldn't die ~ would I still sit near the sun ~ like I dare today?


• each tweet, a ripple ~ butterflies above the pond ~ causing hurricanes

• traffic lights changing ~ the wind swings them back and forth ~ flipping plastic cups

• each of us living ~ intrepid and cowardly ~ like fat men dancing

• the cracks in my heart ~ repaired by time's arteries ~ drop, by drop, by drop..

• never expecting ~ changes in your stagnant life ~ does not hinder them

• sleeping through my life ~ warm and safe, caught up in dreams ~ God yanks the covers

• lights, slow sensor beeps ~ the room clock synchronizes ~ with my traitor heart

• singed fur, lifeless eyes ~ subhuman evil giggles ~ tiny voices mewl

• seventh-story glass ~ stares out for a hundred miles ~ and whispers to stars

• squealing rubber burns ~ subwoofers rattle windows ~ drowned-out crickets sing

• without a pink slip ~ mountainous old-growth forest ~ is given the axe

• just one little me ~ looking at the world so big, ~ wondering so wide.. 

• after the rain stops ~ trees blow-dry their soaking leaves ~ with solar power

• human saline drips ~ in the cracks between the keys ~ circuit board encroached

• whirring, clicking buzz ~ electromechanical ~ lights blink "One Free Play"

• phone to satellite ~ thousand mile round trip to say ~ "hold on a minute..."

• who needed it more? ~ the starlet with sultry eyes ~ or dead chinchillas..

• "made in His image" ~ photoshopped, resized and cropped ~ malformed artifacts

• our purpose in life ~ taken so seriously ~ God's television

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