(2013)
#Haiku
mall tree never felt a breeze sweet swell of spring rain on your leaves new life in your branches
wind tangled trees coiling across a yellow moon spiraling leaves surf-curled dunes
Tide tickling sun’s wake Under a thin skin of ice Beach disappearing
a great blue heron watches from a mogul of grass as I scavenge a poem from the marsh Tom Peepety calls
silent universe solitary traveller a perfect union
Snowflakes or fireflies Beneath an oval moon Do I wake or dream?
we saw your burnished footprints in the soft beach sand followed them across the sea and through the shattered sky beyo… ‘one small step for man’, he said
last night the winter world transformed to summer’s sphere fireflies in the night their aimless paths alight
In the lamplight leaf shadows break on the ragged edges of my heart
crumbling mortar and stone among the trees it stands alone morning glories creep upon the flo… the stair has fallen through the d… the music of summer is in the air
looking at the world through drops of counterfeit lace on the window pane
Clouds on horizon Now and then a shorebird’s cry On buffeting wind
pillars of sunshine through cloud - heavenly suburb under construction
the universe opens accepting my homecoming sky races by
my real name was Clarence but they always called me Dummy because they thought I was stupid I lived with my Mom and swept up… for a dollar a day ‘cause