Each time I board I Touch the skin that keeps us whole; Thirty thousand feet. The boarding walkways Shroud like surgery curtains The bare truths of flight. “You’re in a chair in The sky,” he said. Push your Seat back and wonder.
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Upon Googling the Murree Hills – “first glimpse of mountains” – Some Haiku
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged Haiku, hills, illinois, mountains, murree, murree hills, nostalgia, pakistan, poem, Poetry, Senryu on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
first glimpse of mountains smudged above weary plains; my heart set to skipping flat in illinois massed thunderheads awak’ning first glimpse of mountains ____________ Another poem and more explication here.
abosorbing the blues – Haiku for Spring – A Poem for Photosynthesis
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged blues, chlorophyll, greeen, Haiku, photosynthesis, poem, poems, Poetry, Senryu, spring on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | 3 Comments »
absorbing the blues, smiling back a million greens; ode to chlorophyll
i miss that breeze off – Haiku for the past – Cedar Campus – Michigan
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged cedar campus, Haiku, lake huron, memory, michigan, nostalgia, poems, Poetry, Senryu, summer camp, sweet dreams tea, the upper peninsula on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
i miss that breeze off huron, the expectancy of mint. steeped sweet dreams. _____ more here
The Sinking of the Titanic – James Cameron, M. Night Shyamalan, Max Beckmann, and Some Haiku – 100 Year Anniversary
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged 100 year anniversary, Haiku, James Cameron, M. Night Shyamalan, Max Beckmann, poems, Poetry, Senryu, st. louis art museum, the sinking of the titanic, titanic, titanic anniversary on Thursday, April 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One hundred years from this coming Saturday night, the HMS Titanic struck an iceberg, broke into pieces, and slipped into the cold Atlantic and into legend. It would be quite a task to collect all the reams of paper, the miles of celluloid, and the billions of bytes that have been dedicated to discussing the [...]
the sidewalk bestrewn – Holy Week Haiku – Spring Poetry
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged brandywine crabapple, crabapple blossoms, Haiku, holy week, palm fronds, palm sunday, pink blossoms, Poetry, Senryu, spring blossoms on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
the sidewalk bestrewn blossoms more apt than palms to honor glory crushed
Haiku Upon a Mild Winter – Winter and Spring Poetry
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged mild winter, poems, Poetry, Senryu, spring, spring poems, spring poetry, winter, winter poems, winter poetry on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
unnurtured by snows the weary earth exhales; now the riot spring __________ sitting under trees in march, i pen haiku, sigh, and feel unseasoned
in small packages – Haiku – A Reflection on Hospitals and a Thank You to Nurses and Doctors
Posted in Church Life and Theology, Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged Haiku, hospitals, poems, Senryu, St. Louis, st. louis children's hospitals, suffering on Friday, February 24, 2012 | 4 Comments »
in small packages, big things-hopes, fears, suffering. children’s hospital __________ I have spent part of the last two evenings visiting in the hospital as my nephew was treated for a broken arm which required surgery. Thankfully, he is doing very well, despite a fair amount of suffering over the last 24 hours. He should be [...]
overlapping pools – Haiku on Night Bicycling – Forest Park
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged bicycle commuting, bicycling, cycling, forest park, Haiku, poems, Poetry, Senryu, St. Louis, street lights on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
overlapping pools of light, my shadow playing leap frog; night cycling
grey skies gently bend – Winter Haiku – Valentine’s Day Poetry
Posted in Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, tagged Haiku, poems, Poetry, Senryu, snow, st. valentine's day, valentine, valentines day, valentines poetry, winter poems on Monday, February 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
grey skies gently bend to kiss the earth with white; my snowy valentine
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