Heavy morning fog
Turns misshapen cedar trees
Into monstrous gods
Month: May 2016
Intent’s Imperfect Arbitor
Let’s not be hasty,
Jumping to quick conclusions.
Words are only words,
Merely imperfect symbols
Never actual meanings.
Why Haikū?
One fleeting moment
Captured for eternity
Shared with friends afar
Indifferent Hazards
On the Avenues
Today an urban tortoise
Of heroic scale
Basking calmly in the sun
Unconcerned for drivers fear
Katauta 25 May 2016
In that grassy field
Lies another hidden gem
Waiting to be trod upon
Haiku 25 May 2016
In this grassy sward
Hidden here, in plain sight,
Tiny purple gems
Today
Today,
I sit in silence
Relishing the quiet.
Dog upon my lap,
Ample enough to host the cat,
Without discord or feud
Together we all snooze
As the rain outside
Yields to brighter skies
Inviting me to rise.
A momentary urge
Suppressed by purrs and fur.
And so we linger here
With neither drive nor fear.
Today.
Haiku 20 May 2016
These textures, many,
And, too, earthy colored hues
Grace the city views.
Grim Thoughts
There is a label
That fills me with zero joy;
Anhedonia
Odes to Injustice
I spent several hours waiting around the courtroom today. Perhaps these may express some sights and sounds of this misspent day:
1. A commentary on the plea agreement system:
Quiet Consultation
—–
Attorneys whisper
Secret, sotto voce, songs
Sibilant hissings
Singing with the A/C’s sigh.
Thus his fate is decided.
~
2. An examination of the contrast between expectation and reality:
Resounding Thud
—–
With that gavel fall
Shallow party dreams collapse
Back into the hole
~
Haiku 16 May 2016
Striding there, along
Aromatic, emerald leaf
A sage visitor
History Senryū 15 May 2016
And so it began
A cultural cancer spreads
The Golden Arches
Summer Tanka
Summer’s aroma,
Herb rub and hickory smoke,
Whetting appetites
And testing diner’s patience
Throughout this long afternoon
History Senryū 14 May 2016
A nadir is reached
In Cimax, Colorado
Ten below in May
Aroil in Pain 