Category Archives: haiku

#835

boy, dog, and kitten

dream of next year’s sugar plums 

sleep off Christmas joy 

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#834

bodies on roadside

carcasses of the past year

cleaned before New Year’s 

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#833

birds on the high wire 

across highway ninety- five 

huddle against cold 

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#832 

early Christmas night 

Lego boxes litter floor 

boy sleeping on couch 

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#831

Alive yet alone 

Silence feels universal 

No family here 

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#830

seeking perfection 

somewhere to put a large shrub

to block the neighbors 

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#829

late August morning

thunder and heavy rain yield

blue skies returning 

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#828

in the shady yard

dappled sunlight meets pine boughs

weakened yet still hot 

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#827

stolen from their school/

we must speak to bear witness/ 

kidnapped Chibok girls

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#826

chipmunk eating crops

tunnels in yard bear witness

late summer garden 

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