Slim Volumes

Haiku 49

Phil — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:39:54 +0000

blissful exhaustion
this silent morning, baby
sleeps peaceful at last

Asymptomatic

Phil — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:20:39 +0000

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

Haiku 48

Phil — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:24:23 +0000

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

Physiology

Phil — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:05:52 +0000

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

Haiku 47

Phil — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:42:39 +0000

from spring to winter’s

end, when i will rot or burn,

i sculpt a lifetime

Haiku 46

Phil — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:29:27 +0000

concussion of moths

from last night’s window, mourning

scattered on the deck

Haiku 45

Phil — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:51:06 +0000

in sunburned garden

hot foot the deck, lay blissful

naked in the shade

Haiku 44

Phil — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:23:21 +0000

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

Haiku 43

Phil — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:03:50 +0000

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

Haiku 42

Phil — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:11:14 +0000

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