HUMP Day Haiku

housebound by weather

ennui descended like snow

freed by rain and guilt

HUMP Day Haiku

a very shy  thrush

wouldn’t stay for a photo

window shot got him

day off

An old poem that fits today...

day off

blanketed in snow

fir boughs droop

fence posts sprout caps

the overnight deposit

buries demands

smothers commitment

homebound today

free to choose

can I go play?

(199?)

HUMP Day Haiku 2

for Helen

shooting for the moon

someone heard my heart’s desire

no more lunar blur

(1/10/12)

HUMP Day Haiku

What a delight to witness love sprouting,

then coming into full bloom in my friend Renee.

Over the course of courtship, she was as giddy as a schoolgirl.

During the wedding ceremony, the pastor said,

“I’m not standing here in front of a couple of starry-eyed 20-year-olds.

Well, except maybe for Renee.”

five years a widow

meeting Bob, fresh love blossomed

December wedding

(12/14/11)

for Anita

you've taught me words

foreign to my tongue

pacquete, sobre

I knew gracias, buenas días, and caballo

one too fast broke

mucho

how can I know what is

foreign to me?

that night when your name urged prayer

I thought husband not

hijo

how can I know what is

foreign to me?

lives and hearts and dreams

shattered

tears and pain and grief

intact

how can I know what is

foreign to me?

last night when your name urged prayer

I thought esperanza

not

despair

(9/2001)

HUMP Day Haiku

 

fireworks at midnight

revelers greet the new year

let it birth in peace

(1/1/12)

feeders are busy

gusty northeaster chills me

shooting anyway

 

(1/1/12)