13 thoughts on “Haikus”

  1. How to prepare for
    April April April Oh
    There might be no way

    I forgot the sky
    I forgot the flowers and
    They remembered me

    Sun through baby green
    Veins and scores and unfurling
    Freckles on your face

  2. Feel the gray sky yawn
    In a blanket that holds you
    And will not let go.

    Find the sky through
    Clouds thick like pea soup and
    Dark as the deep sea.

    The sun will come out
    Tomorrow will be a new
    Day to find the joy.

  3. Color
    curse of what you know
    Or only what you can see
    Skewed image of me

    Starry Night in December
    Strutting through the snow
    Street lights shadow your footsteps
    White pebbles on fur

    Orchid
    Unknowingly grace
    Delicate like warm pastels
    Folded arabesque

  4. Knuckles red with blood
    plaster scattered on damp tile
    Zepplin on the speaker

    small palms reach for mom
    torn cloth like palms in the wind
    manly tears drop down

    slow gust of summer
    air pulled from the lungs of youth
    naive no longer

  5. Cloudy skies are gone
    Bright sun shining from above
    It’s t-shirt weather

    we don’t need jackets
    The spring air smells like flowers
    Trees come back to life

    The grass is greener
    Students on the crowded lawn
    Enjoy the warm day

  6. 1.
    Duster in hand gray
    Cleaning the sins of the world
    Repeat in a week

    2.
    Seven outfits—washed
    Folded into a new form,
    Ready to go again

    3.
    Searing water builds
    On hands and dishes alike
    Born again anew

    4.
    Packed into neat bags
    This week is now thrown away—
    Memories in bins

  7. my purple lips and
    red fingers; you pull my hand
    into your pocket

    dreams play through the wind
    soft grass tickles my earlobe
    don’t forget this one

    1, 2, 3, heartbeat
    half-ripe apple plucked too soon
    who am i to you?

    vermillion door
    i cannot reach her from here
    hand through the window

  8. 1.
    Why me? Why me? Why?
    Oh but what could it be now?
    Again and again.

    2.
    Anniversary.
    But will he forget again?
    Ugh. Just like last year.

    3.
    Determination.
    So I know I can do this.
    Rise to the challenge.

  9. 1.
    six in the morning
    rainbow light along the walls
    sunrise in window

    2.
    shoes strewn everywhere
    vodka still missing its cap
    who left their jacket?

    3.
    alexa, press play
    what’s the temperature now?
    will it rain today?

    4.
    eyeliner from floor
    pants from under bed. advil.
    sweeping, wiping, clean.

  10. a pounding windstorm
    lying soft as though i can
    against the debris

    swirling full and bright
    stepping forward taking hold
    debris in the eye

    some sort of clean break
    breaking against my hard skin
    storm becoming wind

  11. 1)
    In the office there
    Is an orchid on the desk
    kissing the window

    2)
    The inbox blues die
    When the mail run calls through the
    blue, breathing doorway.

    3)
    Flinch for the peep at
    the door. The printer jammed an
    hour before exams.

    4)
    The five minute stretch.
    The three minute phone glancing.
    The last dash til four.

    5)
    You miss it when it
    leaves you. Sticky note staff room,
    blank as an abyss.

  12. My dog and I dash
    Through billowing grass, windswept,
    Like our own soundtrack.

    She runs, as if wild,
    Hooves thundering to the beat
    Of allegro wind.

    Two red leaves, falling,
    Are dance partners to some sad
    Song I cannot hear.

    The gusts of wind-song
    Soften to a low whisper
    To caress my skin.

  13. 1.
    A three leaf clover
    The wrong place and the wrong time
    It is just my luck

    2.
    I found a penny
    But I didn’t pick it up
    What about my day

    3.
    Seven, Seven, fruit
    One away from a jackpot
    No money left now

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