Category Archives: haiku

“Eyes”

Eyes

From the dark, eyes peer /

into the rising, warm day. /

Questions fall like leaves.

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“Others”

Others

Sartre once said /

Hell was other people. /

He was not alone.

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“Transition”

Transition

Leaves cluster below /

driven earthward by fall rain. /

Crowning the cool ground.

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“Unread”

Unread

Fortune, no fortune /

no future in my cookie /

my cookie unread.

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“Remains”

Remains

Dead sunflower head, /

ashtray for the shells left by those /

feasting on your life.

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Photo finish Friday “Summer”

Summer

Summer is ending /

and the sun’s pumpkin orange /

glow basks in cat’s fur.

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“Flee”

Flee

I flee from myself, /

the I without the other, /

the other you made.

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“Flee”

Flee

I flee from myself, /

the I without the other, /

the other you made.

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“I am”

I am

I can lose my place. /

Sometimes my place can lose me. /

Either way, I am.

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“America is …”

America is…

America is a /

flatbed adventure with /

pink insulation.

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