in my hands it broke
the spine of the book
with your name on it
*
fallen petals
this table where we were not
eating together
*
beneath the half moon
I breathe in darkness
what’s left is light
Posts Tagged ‘haiku’
Three Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged forgiveness, haiku, poem, separation, tong-len on July 26, 2012| 2 Comments »
three haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged haiku, poem, spiral, the body, unity on July 16, 2012| 2 Comments »
this living skin
a billboard
for god’s graffiti
*
milky way
in my hand
a spiral
*
stars beyond stars
all of us swathed
in stars
Five Haiku as the Rain Finally Returns
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged drought, haiku, poem, rain on July 10, 2012| 3 Comments »
in the downpour
no distance at all
between laughter and water
*
all mud
the boy asks me
hug?
*
your words
the moment leaps
its banks
*
incessant rain
these lips still
so thirsty
*
scent of rain,
want of rain, every poem
a praise poem
Six Overflowings
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged darkness, haiku, not knowing, overflowing, poem on July 8, 2012| 5 Comments »
every moment flees its own overflowing
—Karen Chamberlain, Ephedra
no birds wheel
in the air tonight—
wings in my song
*
swallowing darkness
in great gulps
a few stars catch in my teeth
*
I really thought
I knew something
about not knowing
*
gathering ephedra
my hands
are not my own hands
*
naked
I wear
a red dress
*
the night sky offered
to loan me its black skirt
hope it’s not too small
The Morning After Making Dinner with Rostropovich
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cello, haiku, music, poem, poetry, Rostropovich, tanka on July 1, 2012| 2 Comments »
soft thread of tune
beyond humming
still the attempt
*
though the musician
is long, long gone
strands of dark arpeggios
tucked
in my hair
*
because
he once played
that Bach prelude
I feel now so
beautiful
*
long after
the listening
still listening
*
almost like lips
bruised from a night of kissing
my ears this morning after
In the Middle Of It: Five Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged armageddon, beauty, dragonfly, haiku, mess, moon, space, story, surprise on June 27, 2012| 2 Comments »
balanced on a twig—
two blue dragonflies and
all that space between them
*
the story, calloused
and gnarled, inside it
red leaping blood
*
picking up the moon
like a telephone to dial
your number, of course
*
contemplating
dessert for
the Armageddon
*
opening a can
of worms to find
rose petals
The Gardener Goes to the Carnival Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carnival, gardening, haiku, nostalgia, poem on June 22, 2012| 3 Comments »
spinning on the tilt-a-whirl
scent of tomato leaves
still on my hands
Giving Up Caffeine Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged caffeine, haiku, headache, poem, poetry, withdrawal on June 16, 2012| 3 Comments »
in the head, a clang,
gong, clash and bang, while in the yard
one bird chirps
Pin Up Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, butterfly, death, haiku, life on June 15, 2012| 2 Comments »
yellow butterfly
so beautiful, wings spread
so dead
Written in the Window Pane: Six Haiku and a Tanka
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged haiku, late spring, love, poem, poetry, tanka on June 11, 2012| 3 Comments »
beside you
I am in late spring
all my petals
opening, quickly now,
no fear of frost
*
moss
that softens the rock—
your words
*
the mountain
also opens—
ask the sky
*
in the tall grass
a nest—
let’s meet there
*
before you find it
it finds you—
scent of wild rose
*
the world is, perhaps
drawn black and white—
still our blood so red
*
we both
orbit you,
the moon and I
Great Expectations Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged acceptance, expectations, haiku, poem, poetry, shoes on June 4, 2012| 4 Comments »
these big shoes
though they have long been mine
they still don’t fit
Four More Petroglyph Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged embracing what is, haiku, petroglyphs, poem on May 30, 2012| 2 Comments »
wingless
but oh do I ever
know how to bend
*
the sun, perhaps,
or a stick—for the bug, always
a reason to sing
*
at the precipice
I did not yet know
I could fly
*
falling apart, falling
apart, each misshapen piece
perfect
Five Petroglyphs, Five Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amy Schilling, haiku, humanness, petroglyph, poetry video on May 29, 2012| 4 Comments »
this heavy shell
I sometimes forget it, too
is holy
*
your eyes
everywhere I look
your eyes
*
god needed a flute
tried blowing into me—no note
still too much of me here
*
it sure does make
a lousy guard dog
pride
*
every pore, every
bone, every hair, every cell
an altar
Six Petroglyphs, Six Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged haiku, petroglyphs, poems on May 27, 2012| 4 Comments »
your hand
even when you’re not here
it holds me
*
pearls inside her
luster
turns to flesh
*
this algal strand
same blueprint with a twist
this milky way
*
climbing the rungs
of myself, oh silly woman
still reaching
*
bliss
not the new green bud itself
but the noticing
*
laughing at me
all those angels
I never believed in
Planting the Garden Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged garden, haiku, marigold, miracle, poetry, potential, seed on May 14, 2012| 3 Comments »
in the tiny seed
the scent
of marigold
after taking out the trash haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged haiku, new moon, poem, poetry, shadow on May 11, 2012| 4 Comments »
moonless night
still I walk into
my shadow
Three Birds and a Woman: Six Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birds, blackbird, crow, haiku, heron, poem, poetry, unity on May 6, 2012| 2 Comments »
alongside the cliff
keeping pace with my car
the blue heron
*
flying blackbird
dead mouse in its beak
this too is peace
*
more wind
than woman
this flesh
*
midnight
even the whitest lilies
are blue
*
sharing breath
with the crow
the whole world is crow
*
in the nest,
two blue eggs
two wide brown eyes
so full, so empty haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, cycle, haiku, loss, love, moon, poem, what doesn't change on May 5, 2012| 2 Comments »
this moon, rising
like that other moon did
all those years ago
Unexpected Abundance Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged haiku, love, poem, river, solitude on April 23, 2012| 3 Comments »
empty room—
through the windows
river song
Impossible Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged denver botanic garden, haiku, peony, poem, poetry on April 23, 2012| 4 Comments »
