Haiku / Fog

I'm attempting to portray 'Fog' in these as both a physical thing, and an emotional (mental) disturbance.
Please tell me which, if any, you think best expresses those images, especially in a poetic sense...
perhaps none do, and that's okay too.

creeping fog ~ my memory ~ as I age

uncertainly ~ we watch the ~ fog fog

Stumble in the gloom ~ Lost in an ocean of fog ~ For eternity.

We watch as ~ The fog ~ Fogs

We see ~ The fog ~ Fog

Fog creeps ashore ~ Sensing ~ Internal fog.

Fog creeps ~ Creates ~ Fog

The Forest

The forest glade lightens

misty grey morning

ere the sun

burns off the dewy gloom.

 

Deer browse small shrubs

in the clearing,

sating their hunger

before retiring for the day.

 

Woodpecker taps away,

only sound in the early stillness.

His rapping echoes the wood,

then stops!

 

Buck suddenly starts,

legs tense,

head raised,

ears twitch back and forth.

 

Startled by some muffled sound

the herd gracefully bound

into the timber,

disappear.

 

The quiet returns.

Birds begin to sing.

Tapping again.

Another day begins.

Poems

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Micropoems

Medusa And Perseus
her head was his goal
but her gaze cowed his soul
a chill deep in the bone
would turn him to stone

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosy Red

her rosy red

bent over the bed

a grin In her eyes

such lovely thighs

wriggling her flank

with every spank

and ponytail yank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mom

 

she kissed my scrapes

and healed them

calmed me

when my anger flared

her breasts became

my first refuge

my orphaned heart recalls

 

 

 

 

 

The Loveliest Hearts

 

the loveliest hearts

find each other,

even in the darkest corners

their light shines brilliantly

one for the other

 

 

 

 

 

Nightshade

 

a wink and a gentle nudge

hide tomorrows lies behind

a mask of innocence

more poisonous

than nightshade

 

 

Her Eyes

with a mere glimpse
I fall into her eyes
swimming desperately
for a surface
which is not there
for her eyes lie

 

Marry Me

You said one day you'll marry me

Of that I have no doubt

We will live and love happily

Thru caviar and sauerkraut

 

 

 

 

 

Pixie

 

A pixie stood

under a mushroom

waiting for the rain to ease

 

she liked the patter

but it stirred the dust

causing her to sneeze

 

 

 

 

 

Love Was There

love was there

I know it was

the feeling is

hard to fake

 

But something happened

along the way

and now there is

just this ache

 

 

 

 

The Mirror Stands

 

The mirror stands
in the corner
silently observing
the life around it,
commenting on
behavior with
its very reticence



 

 

The Last Thing

she was there

it was the last thing

he expected...

and the most delightful

 

 

 

 

 

Touch

As I pass by

our hands brush

skin grazing silken skin

I raise my eyes

to apologize

and find on your face a grin

Grandfathers Library
dust motes float
in the sunbeams
through curtain pinholes -
grandfathers library is a
long vanished world
of adventure




The Old Church
the roof collapsed long ago,
weeds grow
where the pulpit stood,
yet I still hear
the faithful raise
a chorus in praise





The Crypt
Menacingly crouched among the stones...
moldy angels leer at all who pass
even the dying grass seems cowed





In Love With Love
In love with the idea
of being in love,
but not in love with me,
she spoke the words
I wanted to hear
her only wish, to flee.






Your Touch

you gently touch

my heart and soul

your delicate rushes

revive my senses

flash through my being

the unique magic that is you

Forgotten Garden
My forgotten garden
lingers in the mind;
that time cannot
be expressed
without tears
for the loss of
youthful love
and endless days





Eternity

if you give me you
and I give you me
we will ever be
from now to eternity

Christmas Day, 2000
Rain fell
onto freezing surfaces
ice built
trees creaked
limbs broke
streets blocked
power outage
coldest day in memory

Sexting and Texting

Sexting and texting
late night phone calls
there's nothing so cruel
as long distance love

Her Face
 Her face is etched in my memory

She's been gone for so long

I hoped it would

be faded now

but that may

never be

 

Ode To A Grumbling Gargoyle On Her Return From The Colonies

My thoughts return

to the dark insides

where the real me

writhes and coils

 

The smiles and nods

I greet you with

hide those nasty

roiling boils

 

Dreaming

Dreaming of you

makes living

worthwhile

 

 

Fleeting

autumn's fleeting beauty

lasts a lifetime

 

 

 

 

Twitter Friends

My Twitter friends

are so many blends

of love and joy

whether girl or boy

they treat me well

like the knell of a bell

so many kind

hearts entwined

 

 

 

 

 

 

Half Remembered Dream

I think of you often

like a half remembered dream

sometimes you're a poem,

with a long forgotten theme

Words

I play your

words on my

lips and tongue,

roll them around

nibble and nip.

Swallow and

beg for more.

I Love You

'I love you',

I murmur

while nibbling

 your lobe.

'I know', you

smile gently

as you slip off

your robe.

 

 

Honesty

 

I stand naked

before you

stripped bare

of all that I hide

from the world

My pledge to you

is honesty

 

 

 

 

 

Holding Yourself

Many young men
spend their teens
holding themselves
in their trousers

We're so afraid
it'll wander off
that we don't let go
for many hours






Dancing by Firelight
(Thanks to Cynthia Sierra [@azdesertr0se]. Her lovely poem was the inspiration for this)

She danced barefoot

in a long white gown

with daisies in her hair

 

The firelight shone on

her glistening face

I watch her, o so fair.

she turned the
brightness level
of my eyes
up and down,
according to
her mood.







The Milky Way
may fling itself
apart
and
I will still
love you


 

 

In the dark

my fingers found

her mons veneris

Her hand

clutched mine

and held it there

while she

gasped

into my throat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sin

 

If sin is the norm

like puritans preach

then God understands

when we act as they teach

 

 

 

 

Lucy

From inches away
she stares into my eye
unblinking
licks her lips
as if in anticipation,
and rubs her soft cheek
against mine,
marking me
as hers.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like the egg

on the wall

I'm broken

Only you

can put me

back together

again.

You can,

but will you bother.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head on

my pillow

I feel/hear

my heartbeat.

Memory of

pain causes

mind to race

heart apace

panic stirs.

 

 

 

The sidewalk

is empty.

Glancing up

a cluster

of cameras

catch the eye.

Movement...

One swivels

and points at

me

*shiver*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My plight

the blight

that is you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When silence was called for

I said the wrong thing

Now she is silent

And boy, does it sting

 



Written by June Sciortino
for Hap Rochelle

Sun casts ever shifting shapes
to dance in the spring breeze
as it edges toward nightfall
and the land of no shadows

 

 

 

 

I think of you touching me

even innocently

and crimson heat fires my loins.

Side by side, hands linked,

my eyes boast to all who see.



the long loneliness of age

so thankful for her love.

short yet joyous days.

 

 

 

Conversing,

his eyes searched the room
till he found her.

Sensing his glance,

hers sought his.

Eyes locked, that secret,
private smile.

 

 

 

Cumbersome 

 

Cumbersome
thoughts,
Terrible
memories
of wrongs
done, and
people
wounded.
An awkward
agony
drives a
jagged
wedge
thru my
heart

 

 

I wish more than life

to sleep naked

next to you once more

our bodies enlaced

 

 

 

 

Dark red lips
Sweet as wine
Share exotic
Treasures
Taste forbidden
Pleasures
In the reaches
Of your mind






The bitter taste
of solitude
dwells in the mind
Fear an old age
of loneliness
stretching out
ahead
Unwelcome tears
for
unknown fears 

 

 

 

 

I dreamt of a wind

blowing autumn leaves

scattered on the ground

like my tears,

loosed

as I watched you,

cold as a winter day,

turn

and walk away

 

 

 

 

________________________

 

The sincerity of those

who claim our love

is not to be denied.

 

We long to have passion

in our lives,

perhaps to soothe our pride

________________________

 

Cowboy and Indian

Musketeer

The joys of childhood

held no fear.

Soldier or trucker
Police or fireman
Our adult world is harder
goes not to plan.

____________________________

 

 Minds Eye

In my mind

I hear your voice

as clearly as if

you were

beside me

 

In my mind

I feel your love

melt my heart

with every

breath

________________

My life has led

from the beginning,

to this time and place.

Practice, and prelude,

 

for you

________________

My life has all been

practice,

a prelude

to you

________________

 

 

Purple Martins

Wheeling, diving, flowing,

a shimmering colony

of Purple Martins

by the cacophonous thousands

move as one monstrous being

across the sky.



___________________



The people I love most
Those I know I can trust
are the ones who stay close
when I'm not very lovable.



___________________

 

 

Gargoyle

Eyes look but

do not see.

Ears listen,

yet are deaf.

Wings folded,

and useless.
Crouched high on

the building

watching

waiting
silent.

 

 

Beloved

Dear

Beloved

Immortal prize

Takes the breath

Feel the heartbeat rise

The pleasure slows

As reality fixes

Love ebbs

Grief

 

 

 

Lonely

Lonely,

in a sea of friends,

wishing for you

and youth.

Praying for time,

seeing only

the end of time.

Bitterness almost

overwhelms.

 

 

 

Hearts

Your waist fits

perfectly

in my arms.

Our bodies match.

I feel most at home

when we're

intertwined.

Our hearts seem

to beat in tune.

 

 

 

Breath

I felt your breath on my cheek

Smiling, I turned to see

your lovely face,
realized it was
just a breeze,

and you are

far away.

 

 

 

Goodbye

Nothing matters

since you said

goodbye.

Heaven seemed

short lived.

Purgatory

a blessed

relief.

Hell is

forever,

or so it

seems.

 

 

Fear

Forlorn

Forgotten

Lost in a

forest of fears,

she struggles

against forces

seemingly

insurmountable

and emerges

 

triumphant

 

into the sunlight.

 

 

 

 

Scorn

She looked at me scornfully

I felt small and angry

The feeling dwells in my soul

Any happiness, she stole

How we treat others is key. 

 

 

 

Arguing

Why does she not agree

We argue and fight

Through half the night

And then we make up with glee!

 

 

Seaside

Sun kissed shores

Boat shipped oars

Moonlit seas

Salty breeze

 

Drunken tar

Staggers from bar

Sailors curse

Catch cutpurse.

 

 

_______________________ 

 

 

In the midst of

heartbreak

It may seem better

to never have

loved,

but oh

what we miss

if we don't fall in

love

once or twice!

 

 

 

Forest

Walking thru

A leafless forest

Lit by a silver moon

Quiet but for

The rustle of my

Feet in fallen leaves.

Time vanishes

As my spirits lift.

 

 _____________________________

He's all she wants

But then again,

She loves to flaunt

Her other men!

 

 

 

 

Bogeyman

When the lights go out at night

When noises cause a fright

The closet door ajar

From the bed I bolt, and bar

That door, fly back to bed

Ere dead.    

 

 

 

 

The Night

Wow! The night flew by!

It's too late for me to walk

If I go outside I'll fry

And everyone would gawk.

 

 

 

 Gargoyles and Hedges

From high above

the recessed alcove

the carved creature

eyed the feature

of the hedges down below.

 

 

 

 

You close your eyes

I kiss each one

Your cheeks want fun

From my butterflies

 

 

 

The longer I live

the less I know

but I have learned to

expect less

and give more

I'm much happier now.

 

 

 

 

Echoes

I hear the echo of my life

in the dark recesses of my mind

full of love and yes, of strife

I allow no regrets, even when inclined.

 

 

 

 

 

Smart

Say something smart

and people will flock to you

they may dislike

but they'll fawn.

 

Say something stupid

as we often do

your friends will

love you anyway!

 

 

 

 

 

Heaven

 

You touch my face,

My heart beats faster.

And then I find

You're in my arms.

My fingers roam 
Over silken skin.

Heaven waits 

 

 

 

 

 

Touch

 

I wait

 

wait

 

wait

 

For your fingers

 

Touch lingers

 

Agony

 

 

 

 

The Dark

Holding back the light

The dark hides the scars

Eager to prowl the night

Gathering in the stars

Blackness my birthright.

 

 

 

 

The Tout

Where's the tout?

You know, he's stout.

Looks like a trout.

The one with gout.

And the bulbous snout.

Eating the sprout.

He's such a lout.

Throughout!

Odysseus

Returning home from Ilium
After that long and wearing war
Odysseus sailed toward Ithaca
Hoping to heal the scars.

Hungry, with hearts flagging
He found where the Cyclops fed
His men would eat Polyphemus' sheep
But many were a meal instead.

Heroically saving his men
Odysseus sailed away
Trapped by the daughter of Helios

Drawn to virtues she would display.

Told that he shouldn't
By Circe his former host
He listened to the Sirens
Almost wrecked upon their coast.

Home at last in Ithaca
After ten years on the sea
First he must dispatch the men
Who coveted his Penelope.

Disguised as a dirty beggar
To learn what must be done
He told his son Telemachus
How to take action certain.

With aid from his goddess Athena
After all the princes had failed
Godlike Odysseus strung his bow
And with an arrow each impaled.

Now his queen and son rejoice
Their king whom they adore
Will live a quiet, fruitful life
On Ithaca's idyllic shore.



Haiku - Page 1

I hope you enjoy these. They can be hard to do, or easy. I never know which until I begin. Some just click, others take several revisions, and some may never be as good as I'd wish them to be. You can be the judge of  how well I succeeded. Have fun!

I have a separate page for #HaikuChallenge, where the word of the day changes daily.


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Sleep

Sleep has come and gone

Day begins, dragging me

into consciousness

Moths

Like moths to a flame

We are drawn to each other

Caught in the light.

Good Old Days

In ten years time
Yesterday and today will
be the good old days.



Life

Life is difficult

Short, savage and brutal

Then we eat ice cream!

Day Breaks

Sleep has come and gone
Day begins, dragging me
into consciousness


Butterfly Kiss

Eyes caress and smile
Soft cheeks accept silky
Butterfly kisses


Yellowstone

Yellowstone beauty
disguises massive eruption
Marking time.


Stalking

Stalking the night
Searching the dark hungrily
Can't find the       keys!



Worthwhile

Everyone hurts us!
The art is picking the ones who
make it worthwhile.





Dark

Day is done
Dark looms, advancing west
Light struggles in vain.


Hate

If it ends in hate,
no matter the reason,
it was not love.


Something...

Darkened room
Windswept limb scratches window
Something neath the bed.


Care

Cherry tree blooms  
on hillside, lava creeps near
life does not care.

Careworn thoughts persist
Denying sleep's comfort
Yearning for dreams.

Care has worn me down
Age demands surcease
Calm, repair, begin


Moment

A moment with
the right person can last
a lifetime
Or...
A moment with
the wrong person can feel
like a lifetime

Courage

One extra moment
of sacrifice, in the face
of fear, is courage!

 

Waves

The thrill of crashing
waves upon the rocks.
Nature most fierce!


Giving

Giving is a
boon above all else.
Blessing the giver.


Mistakes

We make mistakes
Stumble, perhaps rise again
Earth turns regardless


Followers

New followers are
new friends; exotic wonders
to experience.


Milky Way

The fuss around me
dies away as I glimpse the
unchanged Milky Way
Or...

I lift my eyes from
the fuss around me to the
constant Milky Way.


Heaven

Perhaps I overlook
heaven, while searching
for my star.



Moonlight

Shattered moonlight
On a choppy lake    Link to
the rips in my heart.


Scream

The scream rolled on
Into the night     How dare they
Change Coke for Pepsi!





Year

To the young a
year is endless. To the old
A blink of the eye.


Sleepless

Sleepless hours creep, like
a young turtle desperate
to reach the sea


Grain

Windblown wheat on a
vast plain      Ripening grain

 

awash in sunlight


Nero

Fiddling
While Rome burns
He laughs    delighted!



Meteor

Sky filled with streaks
Meteors fly    Counter
point to still stars


Governing

When did the servant
Become the master? We gave
Governance away!





Storms

Winds blow, rains adorn
Thunder rolls from night to morn
Saved from heat, storm borne.
Or...

Wind blows, rain falls
Lightning streak     Thunder
Slaps the night.


Scars

Scars are reminders
Of  conflicts fought
And battles won



Family

Friends and family
Life distilled to memories
Of time together






July 4, 2013

July 4, 2013


Stars and stripes fly high
Beacon facing tyranny
Born and kept in blood

...And...

Parades! Bar-B-Que!
Independence Day is here!
Long live our freedom!






Lost


Lost without your love
Life seems empty and forlorn
Happy days are gone
Or...
Lost, lonely
nights     days grind
on forever


Heart

I made a mistake
Perhaps I should have minded
When my head said no.


Love

I lived without love,
then you touched my heart and
it began beating!


Holly

Lovely deep green leaf
Ripe red waxen berries shine
Holly pricks when touched.
Or...

Shiny green leaf
Red waxen berries
Holly     pricks!



Love

I love you always
Our vow to one another
Always was not long.





Age

You swore age was not
important, yet the letter
spoke solely to that.









Dreamscape

 A nightmare dreamscape
Spirits of the dead haunt me
I wake dripping sweat
Or...

Nightmare imagery
Spirits of the dead     haunt
Dreams of the living.


Curves

Curves, lines of beauty
No thought of the camera
Only the angles


Entwined

Our bodies enlaced
Thoughts turn to what comes next
Do you take plastic?






Intercourse

Man woman abed
Coitus interruptus
I wish I was dead!


Heaven on Earth

Heaven is your hips
Sweet flowering labia
Nectar for my lips.






Moans

Fingers flick rapidly
Over fully engorged nub
Soft moans escalate.


Deeper

your back arches as
I plunge deeper, hoping to
touch your soul



Tears

Tears splatter to earth
Strewn on the ground like the dust
to which we return.

Or...

Tears fall to earth
Raise clouds    the dust
to which we  return



Wisteria

Wisteria blooms
Deep in the moonlit shadows
Brings joy to the dawn.


Child

The child in me likes
to lay in the grass and dream
of days long ago.


Reyna

The lovely chica
Who brightens my every day
With her boundless charms.


Luna

Deep in the night
Luna shines bright
Catch of breath    rapture!  


Roses

Roses twining skyward
Creeping toward the gable
Smile creases a raised face.


Roses

Rose aroma wafts
A gentle breeze sends fragrance
Into every nook.




Summer

Summer again
Autumn years grow long
Winter    looms.


 
Summer

Heavy yellow orb
Heat waves rising on the plain
Summer in Texas


Summer

Heat from the pavement
Waves of shimmering mirage
Summer in the city.


Summer

Oppressive heat
calm and humid      sweat
drives me inside.


Summer

Gentle dawn slides
Away     Summer storms
Rumble into eve.


Summer

Footprints in white sand
Waves urging breezes ashore
Gentle beachside days

Summer Night

Sultry summer night
The sounds of small critters hush
As footfalls disturb.
Or...
Sultry summer night
Small critters
Hush      Footfalls.
Or...
Sultry night
Small critters hushed
By footfalls








Carol

Green space protector
Councillors quake when facing
Her dauntless spirit.


Gargoyle

The stone gargoyle lurks
Hunched on the rampart above
Licking craggy lips.
Or...

The gargoyle lurks
Hunched on the rampart
Licking craggy lips.


Lynn

Deeply disturbing
Poems of shadow, struggle
Shine bright as the sun.


Black Widow

Patient as death
Lair quiet, and dark as night
Web quivers ... she springs!






Black Widow

She waits, touching web
With legs, vibrations begin.
Anticipation!
Or...

Patiently she waits
Legs lightly touching web
Vibration!




The Tower

White tower rises
Ancient gaol sits empty now
Visitors Only


Cover

Diaphanous gown
Envelopes and yet proclaims
Arousing passion
Or...

Diaphanous gown
Covers but reveals
Rousing     passion!


Bonding

Connection and warmth
The association means
Contact and fervor




Questions?

Wherein lies the lie?
And will we be or won't we?
Question the questions!




Love

Shiver, smile or cry
In turn I am sad or high
Love causes a sigh


Pleasure

Pleasure me, I plead.
Touch me where I'm most in need,.
Pray love, take the lead.



Darkness

Gaze into the dark
Your stare must not long linger
The dark may stare back!


Constancy

Search for a constant
Look no further, the only thing constant is     change.


Rhyming Haiku

Feed dreams and starve fear
Be happy, don't cry my dear
You alone must steer.




Chocolate

Chocolate drizzled
On bare skin, and strawberry.
Lovely, tasty treat.







Mahatma Gandhi
(Paraphrase)

Happiness is when
What you think, you do, you say
Live in harmony.



Regrets

Live life to the full
Embrace decisions with verve
Leave with no regrets.


Sin

If sin is the norm
then saints are exceptions
that prove the rule



Decisions

Shall I hurt someone?
Is that what I want? And why?
Better to be kind.




Piracy

I am the pirate
Captain Blood, cutlass in hand
With a smile I wake.





Jo

Autism will not win
Kindness shines through in her life.
Love directs each day.


Jo

Making her way
through tears and pain
with a smile


Love

I am not in love!
Once and again to myself!
Wishing it was true!
...Or

I am not in love!
I am not in love, I say!
I am not...oh crap!


Love

With pen and paper
She wrote of  love     he died
It was another
Or...

She wrote of her love
for another     he died a
little with each word.


Love

Put away your fear
Smile and chase away your tear
Love may soon appear




Sex

HIM:
The kiss was perfect
The sex was even better
Cuddling was a bore.
HER:
Why was there no play,
Before that quick performance
Practice, practice please!


Haiku

Hails from foreign lands
Has crossed so much empty sand
Just to hold her hand.




Lynnie

Blue skies, little breeze
All things bright is what she sees
Monday morning love!


Grace

My secret girlfriend
Loves another. Her role play
Tends to help me mend!


Rain

Rain falls heavy ~
as a curtain    Obscures ~
the wounded land.


Light

Bright white sunlight
Beats down on azure water
Overwhelming all!


Starlight

Rhyme

Forsooth! My achy tooth!
In a booth I tell the truth
I need some vermouth


Wrong Turn

I knew the road well
I got lost there just the same
Where did I go wrong?



Lucifer

Lucifer and I
Share a look; we understand.
I stroke her, she purrs.





Bees

The buzzing about
My ear was incessantly
Loud and ceaseless



Walking

Walking in a field
Insects hum, breeze blows gently
Rustling through the grass.


Question

The age old question,
Should I speak or hold my tongue
I never know which.



Essentials

Life is so simple
Shelter, sex, sleep, eat ice cream
The Important things!







Twitter

Retweets mean too much
Importance overrated
Yet we yearn for them!


Twitter

Twitter is social
Networking with new people
Oh so contagious


Evening

Mockingbird

Mockingbird sings a
song into the empty night.
Searching for a mate.


Storm

Thunder rumbles as
Lightning flashes in the night
Creating shadows


...Or

Electrical storm
Lightning flashes
Thunder echoes.

Sex

Soft and warm
I stroke deeply
Her back arches.







Marines

Marines never leave
their dead behind. No matter
the cost they come home.



First To Fight

First to fight, and die
Retreat will never apply
Semper Fi they cry



Combat

Like bees zipping by
Sheltered in foxholes from
A flurry of death


Women!

Cost the kitchen sink
And now she desires a mink
Gad I need a drink!



Kory

Kor said she was hot
And not in a very good way
I gave her a blow...


Time

The clock ticks forward
Second by second, never
Slowing, in a rush.
Or...

The clock ticks forward
Second by steady second,
Always in a rush.
Or...

Clock ticks on,
Seconds mount     rush by
On wings.


Caprice

She said, "I bet you
got some peace", I wanted to
jaw, then felt caprice.

Time

Time meanders when
one is young; flashes past at
Mach speed in old age.
Or...
Time meanders
when one is young.
Flies past in old age.





Guadalupe

Cottonwoods line both
Sides of the Guadalupe
Its waters twain South


Starry Night

"Starry, starry night",
MacLean wrote about Van Gogh's
beautiful painting


Change

There are people near
Who may suffer you to change
Heed only your heart


Sleep

As the dawn nears,
the night critters quieten,
prepare for slumber.


Life

Birds circle above
A mortal struggle below
Life meeting death


Protection

Protection the shield
Show disdain and suspicion
Armor against pain.

Cake

Body was curvy
Until the knife sliced deep,
But then there was cake!


The Sea

The sea was angry
Waves poured over the gunwales
She foundered, and sank.







Zombies

The virus was fleet
Went thru humans like a treat
Tonight zombies eat.


Dusty

So dusty in here

Roaming in my mind

Need a mop and broom

The Dead Skunk Song

Loudon Wainwright sang
The Dead Skunk song in my brain
In the early hours.


Waiting...

Patience is my foil
I abhor waiting at all
Poise is a toil.


Wayback

Peabody and Sherm
Used their wayback machine
To right past days wrongs.


Jack

Jack savors a treat
He adores his ma and pa
But he loves to nap!


Dawn

Dawn broke over the plain
Creatures stirred, began their day
Others stilled, to sleep.


Poe

Poe said it well. Life
Is a dream within a dream.
Reality bites!


Band

Danced to a rock band
The music though grand, was canned
A copycat brand.


Dragons

Beware the dragon!
For he is agile, breathes fire,
And you are crunchy!


Ends

Ends are not ends,
But beginnings.
Life always     wins.


Slave

A sexual slave
Drugged, raped, beaten for revolt
By Lucifer himself!


Holocaust

Such a nasty name
Creates turmoil in the brain
It is Holocaust!




Longhorn

Hillside of 'bonnets
Longhorn rests and chews its cud
Lazy Texas day.





Ripper

He stalked the East End
Girls of the night were his prey
Ripper was his name.


Politician

Politician! Bah!
I spit the word on the ground
And wash out my mouth.


Affair

'It doesn't matter'
Words that peel skin like a knife
Dooming any affair


Morning Glory

Brief, beautiful bloom
Unfurls in Morning     Glory
fades by eve.


Golf

Wedge arcs in the sun
Ball sails toward the green
And lands     bunkered!


Golf

Windblown pasture ~
Seaside links, ancient ~
Course     St. Andrews


Golf

Muirfield greens
like putting on ice!      Perhaps
some water tonight!


Dead

Dead as a doorknob

Cold as a clam. Apocalypse

Rising     Zombie!


Life

Spring is birth
Autumn death    Seasons
Echo wheels of life.



Fairy

Gossamer winged
Fairy is an imp.     Alters
All on a whim.


Skies

Town is dirty grey~
Country is dusty brown     Skies~
are icy blue.






North Atlantic

German battlewagons ~
Brit dreadnoughts. Fire, founder
Sea of lost souls


Pudding

vanilla and eggs
milk and sugar. The glory
that is      pudding!


Ali Baba

'Open', sez me
Ali Baba waved a hand
Magic carpet ride!


Winds

zephyr of summer
gentle breeze     Hawk of
winter, icy blast.


PB&J

Peanut butter and
Strawberry preserves!     Heaven
On fresh baked bread!


Haiku Challenge "waste"

Wasteland looms.
Sands to a far horizon.     Heat
waves offer mirage.

and...

Struggling with death
which refuses to bargain.
What wasted effort

and...

We waste
the resources of our orb
profligately


Dawn

Cool of the night
Holding back the heat     False
dawn lights the East

Heat

Humid, grinding heat
Assails the spirit     Dooms the
Soul to lethargy


Mean

She said I was mean!

I thought I was average!

How neutral of me!


Moon

The moon is blue...
Cheese that is. So the sun
must be cheddar!


Bluebell

Large field in Spring
One, solitary, Bluebell
Strains toward the sun.


Dandelion

Wave Dandelion
Dozens of parachutes
Sail in the breeze.


The Piss Elm

The tree leaked
"onomatopoeia"
laughed the Elm.


Mons

He ached
To touch her
Mons veneris.


War

There is no cure
for the disease of war.     A
virus run amok.


Crazy

Love is crazy

Hate is crazy, I'd rather

be crazy in love


Sol

Light and warmth
Sol gifts the Earth those.
Also liquid water.


Undercurrent

Undercurrent
Terror from beneath
Sweeps all away


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Rules for Haiku
Three lines and seventeen syllables

First: five syllables
Second: seven syllables
Third: five syllables