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haiku and other short things
november 2007 - january 2008
1 at six six thirty
you, me, in this place,
where the grass is not yet cold,
pad the coloured leaves.
2 squirrel
they just cut the grass:
smells of fruit to forage a
cross the powerline.
3 blake and i
lis'nin to the owl,
warm; down sinks the thick old oak.
coarse scarf-skin, autumn.
4 just wait
i waft northern lights
then i drop two blue footballs,
still praying mantis.
5 snow near rapid city
dakota black hills,
vanilla tapioca:
shortened days of white.
6 citrus
a curt cricket chirps.
she bites into the orange,
many pillows burst.
7 caravan, patrin
torn cloth egyptians
rather be lucky than good,
root near the birch-tree.
8 calm monday
on mister rogers
they polished a bell today.
still sat the bird house.
9 some summertime
moss rafters, gold hair,
mississippi bullfrog croaks.
a banana split.
10 peyote, heat lightning
rattled tambourine.
thunderstorms paint wyoming's
raspberry half-moon.
11 baobabs
i am banana'd.
love me and lets cook dinner
while aretha lies.
12 how she looks at me
over bare shoulders:
raindrops, teardrops, lemon drops.
soon retiring sun.
13 fifty-one degrees
christmas approaches,
we just need to find our friends.
the brass wind-chime sounds.
14 cardinals
in the green, a nest.
the baby was just crying.
-- poor little thing.
15 i want to
take jelly-roll shots,
atop juicy mt. nebo,
from her pulpy breast.
16 bathroom fireplace
blue-flowering walls,
bristled dim-nude christmas light.
fog on the mirror.
17 with faron young
i wear a derby,
overalls or suspenders
smoking cigarettes.
18 dream snare
taut stretched-leather drum.
she rests beneath the willow,
stomps of night are caught.
19 chanteuse road trip
turrell horizon.
'57 chevrolet.
julie london sings.
20 where it is
you out there amongst
(maybe the bench is the art)
the pigs and chickens.
21 briefly los angeles
kiwi-green palm trees
wheat bread mustard sandwiches,
out picking flowers.
22 houmas dupre
oreos, pine trees,
peel a ripened clementine.
red-leaf old raised house.
23 come here
heating, cooling.
i stole the knife.
she has cherry tomatoes
for cheeks.
leaves, pages collect.
i sharpen the pencil
or a stick. i
miss you. parsley, basil.
fur, fir, cat-sour --
24 thumb sex
upright mulberry.
corvette parfum.
zig-zag drum circle.
staff and skirt,
goodyear.
intone insane
throttle bushes.
25
wigwam grandma dirty rice
blueberries blue bathroom
space heater okra
salinas brown-eyed fog
garrulous sweet pickles
chamber music galavants
glamour cardio washing machine
pakistan cunnilingus
potpourri bleachers gasoline
los angeles paperback
rose quilt grandma wigwam
november 2007 - january 2008
1 at six six thirty
you, me, in this place,
where the grass is not yet cold,
pad the coloured leaves.
2 squirrel
they just cut the grass:
smells of fruit to forage a
cross the powerline.
3 blake and i
lis'nin to the owl,
warm; down sinks the thick old oak.
coarse scarf-skin, autumn.
4 just wait
i waft northern lights
then i drop two blue footballs,
still praying mantis.
5 snow near rapid city
dakota black hills,
vanilla tapioca:
shortened days of white.
6 citrus
a curt cricket chirps.
she bites into the orange,
many pillows burst.
7 caravan, patrin
torn cloth egyptians
rather be lucky than good,
root near the birch-tree.
8 calm monday
on mister rogers
they polished a bell today.
still sat the bird house.
9 some summertime
moss rafters, gold hair,
mississippi bullfrog croaks.
a banana split.
10 peyote, heat lightning
rattled tambourine.
thunderstorms paint wyoming's
raspberry half-moon.
11 baobabs
i am banana'd.
love me and lets cook dinner
while aretha lies.
12 how she looks at me
over bare shoulders:
raindrops, teardrops, lemon drops.
soon retiring sun.
13 fifty-one degrees
christmas approaches,
we just need to find our friends.
the brass wind-chime sounds.
14 cardinals
in the green, a nest.
the baby was just crying.
-- poor little thing.
15 i want to
take jelly-roll shots,
atop juicy mt. nebo,
from her pulpy breast.
16 bathroom fireplace
blue-flowering walls,
bristled dim-nude christmas light.
fog on the mirror.
17 with faron young
i wear a derby,
overalls or suspenders
smoking cigarettes.
18 dream snare
taut stretched-leather drum.
she rests beneath the willow,
stomps of night are caught.
19 chanteuse road trip
turrell horizon.
'57 chevrolet.
julie london sings.
20 where it is
you out there amongst
(maybe the bench is the art)
the pigs and chickens.
21 briefly los angeles
kiwi-green palm trees
wheat bread mustard sandwiches,
out picking flowers.
22 houmas dupre
oreos, pine trees,
peel a ripened clementine.
red-leaf old raised house.
23 come here
heating, cooling.
i stole the knife.
she has cherry tomatoes
for cheeks.
leaves, pages collect.
i sharpen the pencil
or a stick. i
miss you. parsley, basil.
fur, fir, cat-sour --
24 thumb sex
upright mulberry.
corvette parfum.
zig-zag drum circle.
staff and skirt,
goodyear.
intone insane
throttle bushes.
25
wigwam grandma dirty rice
blueberries blue bathroom
space heater okra
salinas brown-eyed fog
garrulous sweet pickles
chamber music galavants
glamour cardio washing machine
pakistan cunnilingus
potpourri bleachers gasoline
los angeles paperback
rose quilt grandma wigwam