Haiku 49

blissful exhaustion
this silent morning, baby
sleeps peaceful at last

Filed under: haiku , parenting, sleepless

Asymptomatic

unfeeling
and unnerved
disturbed
absent
an unveiling pain
complaining
would seem like disdain
or feigning
so I just
remain

Filed under: free verse , health

Haiku 48

autumnal hubbub
crisp as dried leaves, their voices
drown slow breaking waves

Filed under: haiku

Physiology

thought ruled empty meat
I rode a shell

no more

the shell rides me
filled to bursting
this cornucopia
triggers receptors
twitching lethargically
collapsing between
unwanted states
don’t laugh
i cry
but still the flesh
throbs with every pulse
squeezing thin blood
laced
with angry fatigue

Filed under: free verse

Haiku 47

from spring to winter’s

end, when i will rot or burn,

i sculpt a lifetime

Filed under: haiku , choice, creation, death, life, will

Haiku 46

concussion of moths

from last night’s window, mourning

scattered on the deck

Filed under: haiku , death, moths, nature

Haiku 45

in sunburned garden

hot foot the deck, lay blissful

naked in the shade

Filed under: haiku , garden, sex, shade, summer

Haiku 44

vultures on thermals
above tai chi set, fuck off
not getting me yet

Filed under: haiku , mortality, vultures

Haiku 43

high on the thermals
crows mobbing eagles, cawing
hey get off my land

Filed under: haiku , crows, eagles, territory

Haiku 42

my son’s morning nap
traffic and birdsong, a duet
an odd lullaby

Filed under: haiku , lullaby, nap