Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chance, haiku, in love with life, luck, poem, tanka on February 20, 2013| 6 Comments »
my whole life
preparing me for this moment—
10:19 p.m.
*
rolling down my window
to ask directions, hearing
a chorus of birds
*
new snow on the grass
this, too, the scent
of exploded stars
*
please, I said
to the sun, don’t go
some part of me
reveling in asking
the impossible
*
my whole life
preparing me for this moment—
10:20 p.m.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged haiku, moon, morning, nightmare, short poem, tanka on February 19, 2013| 5 Comments »
mama! she shrieks
I throw back the sheets, leap
run naked through night
but can’t make it into her dream
the place she needs me most
*
whatever the moon
says, that is what I
say, too
*
rushing out
to smell the morning
before its gone
there will be other mornings
but only one like this
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christie Aschwanden, haiku, poem, poetry, stories on February 16, 2013| 6 Comments »
Talking with Christie Till 2:45 a.m: Three Haiku
not every story
ends this way
the end
*
I wish, she says,
someone told me it doesn’t
get easier
*
on the driveway
finding ourselves
in the universe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged disappearing, haiku, losing the self, poem, poetry, tanka on February 12, 2013| 4 Comments »
mostly fallen down
the barbed wire fence—
what’s it to the birds?
*
listening
for the moon—
sound of a heart
*
that hyacinth leaf—
staring at it until it is
no longer leaf
*
in the window
the boy waves at himself
saying he won’t stop
until the other boy
stops waving
*
poet, can you rhyme
with the cherry tree
in spring
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged freedom, haiku, illusion, poem, poetry, story on February 11, 2013| 5 Comments »
wearing that story
for so long I forgot
I had slipped it on
*
bad hem day—
tripping on my own
once upon a time
*
rumors of my self
catch on morning sun, snag on
the wake of herons
*
with one hand, I stitch
the small tears, with the other,
I rip out the seams
*
naked
the scent
of hyacinth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged habit, haiku, inattention, poem, poetry on February 4, 2013| 2 Comments »
how seldom I see it
that ponderosa pine
I pass every day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chickadee, haiku, inspiration, song on January 25, 2013| 3 Comments »
flat gray sky
the chickadee sings
no less brightly
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged death, haiku, life, Regret on January 16, 2013| 3 Comments »
doing it all again
I’d do it the same only
this time no regret
*
I told her
I only sing songs—she said
save me
*
little brown mouse
on the road, I swerve uncertain
which of us should live
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged haiku, happiness, poems on January 12, 2013| 4 Comments »
standing in the snow
dreaming of standing
in the snow
*
my daggers
letting them gather dust
regardless who walks in
*
starting a fire
remembering even good logs
need space to burn
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged circe, genie, haiku, poem, sirens, surprises on January 10, 2013| 2 Comments »
ears stuffed with wax—
now hearing Circe
on the inside
*
scraping the ink
off my pages, sending it
for biopsy
*
one palm open
in surrender, the other
rubs the genie lamp
*
not for your pleasure
the winter bird sings—
it sings
*
thinking I outgrew
myself, finding out
I still fit
*
surprise! the genie
says no to three wishes
gives fifteen instead