INNOCENCE LOST
Smoking behind tree
lying to your mother
innocence is lost
Category: Haiku
THE SAME AGE
THE SAME AGE
Grateful now to be
the same age as Satchel Paige
neither one knowing
TWO MORE HAIKUS FOR NO MORE WAR
TWO MORE HAIKUS FOR NO MORE WAR
Rumsfeld fell today
his wake not like their sleep
no flag on coffin
—–
More I hear and see
more “war crimes” gets to be
a redundancy
BIRTH OF HAIKU
BIRTH OF HAIKU
Basho oh Basho
frog’s leap kissing water
wakens the prince
A HAIKU FOR THE HEALING ARTS
A HAIKU FOR THE HEALING ARTS
Red art when you’re blue
Van Gogh was a cutter too
still much hope for you
QUESTION TWO
QUESTION TWO
Do answers stop us
do questions lead us on
is this haiku too
QUESTION ONE
QUESTION ONE
Can a form inform
do the syllables count
is this a haiku
WORLD POET
WORLD POET
Thom in haiku sky
wringing rainbows in your eye
hanging them to dry
POOR LITTLE BUSH HAIKUS
POOR LITTLE BUSH HAIKUS
Poor little Bush
when grail contains father’s balls
crusade will be long
Poor little Bush
when insides become dry
daughters will drink
Poor little Bush
becomes head of Goliath
in time for stone
Poor little Bush
flying magic carpet bombers
into Ali Baba’s cave
Poor little Bush
when stepping on Florida
remember swamp
9-11 (Autumn)
9-11 (Autumn)
New York Autumn
Trees fall with their leaves
Dark clouds rise