Tag: Haiku

Getting dark later 
still time for cat to pursue 
birds across the yard

Fish chases turtle 
under the bridge while birds fly 
kamikaze style 

across the meadow 
dancers dance in white dresses 
waving colored flags 

paths littered with storm 
easily crossed if you know 
where to plant your feet 

graduation pics 
framed by unadorned nature 
return to normal 

herons fly in space 
geese ascending the shoreline 
new paths lead us where 

we’ve never been before: home

The thunder arrives 
one cat on the other cat 
sensing discomfort 

unknown vibrations 
all the more mysterious 
by this behavior 

could we not also 
respond to the elements 
by kneading biscuits 

on top of our backs?
The storm an excuse to touch 
each other gently

Now that we’re open 
spend the day watching tennis
then go to Target 

to buy shelves for stuff 
we bought when we weren’t open 
projects still delayed 

because we don’t know 
where the empty boxes go 
on recycling day 

wait to unpack them 
until the shelves are in place 
could be any day

Now that we’re open 
that fatigue you’re feeling is 
the same as before 

only compounded 
with the trauma unprocessed 
by collective will 

hope you won’t notice 
loneliness prerequisite 
part of the system 

together in the same room

How to put words to 
a dream that is forgotten? 
Start falling asleep

There is nothing that 
is not humming in the trees 
how many cycles 

have they been witness 
to this deafening parade 
hosting these brief trysts 

letting carcasses 
accumulate and fall down 
while offspring gather 

subterranean 
collectors of time and sap 
emerging only 

after all the trees 
grow strangely accustomed to 
bearing the silence

Outdoors is screaming 
insects in trees having sex 
or flailing about 

like adolescents 
so much wasted energy 
they are seventeen

Driving through suburbs 
rain reminding us of loss 
and new beginnings 

Dust stuck to ledges 
books unread for years now packed 
in too few boxes 

Displaced memories 
will have to grow somewhere else 
waiting for return

Masks are not required 
only if you got the jabs 
and waited two weeks 

we can conclude then
based on my observations 
most people have been 

vaccinated since 
day one of the pandemic—
not true? My mistake 

they just did not care 
for anyone but themselves 
—quite the incentive