From Unpredictable Hue, 2019.
The seasons turn.
143.
arrived and
in the dark and cold
yet I know
tomorrow
the shy sun inching closer
sits down beside me
12/21/18
Haiku/Tanka/Shadorma
Haiku 641
From the collection Unpredictable Hue, published in 2019.
641.
holiday shoppers.
hands reach for cans of mincemeat.
no one likes mincemeat.
12/20/18
Shadorma 84
Today is my birthday. This poem describes something of what I want to be doing this year.
84.
I wrinkle
I soften creases
I fashion
the stiffness
of the raw threads of this day
into finished silk
9/24/18
Shadorma 110
Shadorma 110
Recently
you realized that,
long ago
run aground
shipwrecked, you won’t be leaving
this island again.
10/8/18
Shadorma 78
From Unpredictable Hue, published in 2019.
78.
Zinnia
the summer over
Not goodbye
yet, you say
but as I pass you reach out
and you brush my leg
9/5/18
Shadorma 144, 149
From Unpredictable Hue, 2019.
144.
Drainpipe curves
up and to the right
Straights itself
picks up speed.
Galvanized run to the roof.
Mouth open. Thirsty.
12/27/18
149.
Eleven
aloe plants lined up
windowsill
sun-seekers
in four-inch pots that next year
will pinch at the roots.
12/27/18
Shadorma 140
From Unpredictable Hue, 2019.
140.
Patterns and
how they do compete
for my eye
cast over
the array of surfaces
in this stranger’s life
12/13/18
