CHIA-PETTING ZOO
A chia-petting zoo
does your mind work that way too?
Category: String Too Short To Save
BASHO IN THE BACKYARD
BASHO IN THE BACKYARD
Bare branches tickle
tummies of soft scudding clouds
hammock in winter
The fish swim slowly
undisturbed by frog’s leap
pond waits in winter
Armadillo digs
rooting for worms she worms roots
after winter rain
The chickens are gone
neighbour moved and took them
silence in winter
Patter on tin roof
squirrels play chase and mate
winter almost over
Relax your ear hear
buds and blossoms soften sound
wind chime in spring
PEOPLE OF THE EARTH
PEOPLE OF THE EARTH
People of the earth
kneeling in their gardens
all directions Mecca
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
Obama got Osama
right in the eye for an eye
time will tell if more or fewer die
YIPPEE-AI-KU (2)
Branding time again
babies torn from their mothers
cowcalfany of sound
YIPPEE–AI–KU
YIPPEE–AI–KU
Out in West Texas
sandpaper storms scrub the sky
back to perfect blue
ROYAL WEDDING
ROYAL WEDDING
War and famine fade
it just takes one great dress
Kate and William wed
REFRIGERATOR
REFRIGERATOR
Milk, eggs, cheese, meat
on the door the children’s art
bodies and souls are fed
SOUND THINKING
SOUND THINKING
If a group of crows is a murder
a group of grackles must be
a massacre
SHYLOCK’S SHADOW
SHYLOCK’S SHADOW
If you are cut, do I not bleed