September 30, 2020October 1, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Political / Social 274. for America That moment when you first wake up —still half-lost in a dream. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 29, 2020September 29, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 273. for Haruki Murakami I close my eyes with everything I have — please… just let me fade away… […] Read more
September 28, 2020September 29, 2020Daily Haiku, To the Masters 272. for Hermann Hesse O, the paradox! disregard all life’s suffering — breathe, embrace the void. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 27, 2020Daily Haiku, Nature 271. I stare at the struggling stream, the coughing cars —can poetry save us? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 26, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 270. alcohol— filling the abyss with emptiness until it’s full Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 25, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social 269. A fat priest denouncing the peril of gluttony. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 24, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 268. for Basho Another year gone — pen in my hand, reams of unmarked pages. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 23, 2020September 27, 2020Nature, To the Masters 267. for Issa There are no laws or Gods in nature — breath, sex, death, a vague tomorrow. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 22, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, Nature, To the Masters 266. for Issa Leaves slowly turning— the lives we yearn for, far off, lost in idle pasts. Love0 Share […] Read more
September 21, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, To the Masters 265. for Joy Harjo Her mystic smile, framed in stars — the heaviness of being a man. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 20, 2020September 27, 2020Nature, To the Masters 264. for Issa calligraphy of bats against the barn —weaving moonlit flight Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 19, 2020September 27, 2020Daily Haiku, Political / Social 263. for Ruth Bader Ginsburg You exposed the glass house a myth; rather hardened stone. You shattered it just the same. Love0 Share […] Read more
September 18, 2020October 8, 2020Human Condition 262. The sum of our consciences – The difference of our lives. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 17, 2020September 27, 2020Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature 261. All the chaos of day quieted by crickets — midnight and porch and seltzer Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 16, 2020September 17, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, To the Masters 260. for Allen Ginsberg An old man, the wilting rose — greedily sipping the last drops of joy. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 15, 2020September 17, 2020Daily Haiku, Nature, To the Masters 259. for Stanford M. Forrester My haiku about the dawn — outdone by the morning sun. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 14, 2020Daily Haiku, Nature, To the Masters 258. for Issa What a strange thing! fleas upon a cat, us upon this Earth. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 13, 2020September 14, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Self-Realization, To the Masters 257. for George Orwell Brooding on enormity it’s hard to see what’s in front of your nose. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 12, 2020September 14, 2020Human Condition, Nature, To the Masters 256. for Issa “How can someone treat a dog like that,” he roars, tearing apart his steak. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 11, 2020September 12, 2020Daily Haiku, I was there..., Moments of Life, Nature 255. I was there… The Cheshire Cat moon grins down on Santa Cruz — bathes me in its glow. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 10, 2020September 11, 2020Daily Haiku, Nature, To the Masters 254. for Margaret Gibson Morning dawns an ode. Noon pens flowery prose. Eve croons to the stars and moon. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 9, 2020Daily Haiku, I was there..., Nature 253. I was there… The wind-swept leaves and honey bees upon the hills of Tuscany. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 8, 2020Daily Haiku, Nature 252. first note of birdsong in morning’s first light —the beginning of a poem Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 7, 2020September 8, 2020Daily Haiku, Nature, Self-Realization 251. I apologize to the thrush for imbuing its song with my grief. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 6, 2020September 7, 2020Human Condition, Moments of Life 250. for T.S. Eliot Fridge. Pantry. Freezer. Freezer. Pantry. Fridge. Do I dare to eat a peach? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 5, 2020September 6, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Nature 249. Morning steam lingers lazily on the concrete —souls on Lethe’s shore. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 4, 2020September 4, 2020Daily Haiku, Self-Realization 248. Thirty-four. I look through my phone: pizza parlors outnumber the friends. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 3, 2020September 3, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Human Condition 247. To my father So deep in the sand that you no longer miss anything but the light Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 2, 2020September 3, 2020Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Nature 246. Lonely afternoon – all the hummingbirds flew south, leaving a silence. Love1 Share Tweet Read more
September 1, 2020September 3, 2020Daily Haiku, Nature 245. Summer stubbornly refuses to leave – digs in its heels before fall. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
