They have taken wing
Filling the flyway above
With their joyful noise
Month: August 2015
History Senryū 31 Aug 2015
Paul, another Pope
Excommunicates Henry!
What’s that, twice now?
Distant Spirits
Like the sun and moon
we are, connected and yet,
forever apart.
Destined to pass by, we are,
individual yet bound.
History Senryū 30 Aug 2015
Seeking to “end war”,
Europeans ban crossbows?
What were they thinking?
Surrender
letting go and letting god
i surrender into sleep,
seeking not to guide the dream
yet hoping for some sight unhid
within the inner fallow fields;
some errant blooming volunteer
unplanted by conscious hand
but offering a hopeful gleem
of fuller life upon arising.
Haiku 30 Aug 2015
Concealed behind gauze,
Full, round maiden peeks, shyly
Regarding suitors.
—
Below, suitors gaze,
In ardor, upward, longing
A glimpse of her blush.
Haiku 29 Aug 2015
The soup here is thick
Beneath this dishwater sky
Awaiting Autumn
History Senryū 29 Aug 2015
Atahualpa
Last Sipa Inca buried
At Cajamarca
History Senryū 28 Aug 2015
Saint Augustine’s feast
Lends it’s name to the city
Spanish Florida
Opinions on Dickens
That which does not kill
Has demonstrably failed to
Meet expectations.
History Senryū 27 Aug 2015
Devastation reigns,
Forty thousand people die,
Krakatoa, gone.
Echoes Abound
Conclusion confirmed
There is excessive verbiage
Resplendent discord
Caution: Cynical Satire
“I’m a patriot, dammit!
I respect our military!
I know our service men
Fought and died in horrible battle
To grant me the freedom
To fly the flag of our enemies
Over our government buildings!
Which one will I fly today?
God bless America!
Sky Writing
A purple-orange
Rorschach, calligraphed on high,
Greets this commuter.
—
Playful shadow sprites
Dancing amid the nimbus
As they fall to earth.
—
A fleeting instant
This momentary image
Writ across the sky
Aroil in Pain 