(for the Wild Swans at Coole)
Dirty pigeons gyre
From puddles in the pavement --
But if they were swans. . . .
31 May 2009
30 May 2009
29 May 2009
Haiku 149
Molasses clockhands
Dripping despair down onto
My frozen desktop
*******
(after seeing the Georgia O'Keefe/Ansel Adams exhibit at SF MOMA)
The necessary
Beauty of the harsh and spare:
Adobe churches
Dripping despair down onto
My frozen desktop
*******
(after seeing the Georgia O'Keefe/Ansel Adams exhibit at SF MOMA)
The necessary
Beauty of the harsh and spare:
Adobe churches
28 May 2009
27 May 2009
26 May 2009
25 May 2009
Haiku 145
Hierophantic
Days yearning for nights filled with
Luminosity
*******
(Memorial Day)
The waves do not know
What righteous cause or quarrel
Drowned the young sailors
Days yearning for nights filled with
Luminosity
*******
(Memorial Day)
The waves do not know
What righteous cause or quarrel
Drowned the young sailors
24 May 2009
23 May 2009
22 May 2009
21 May 2009
20 May 2009
19 May 2009
18 May 2009
17 May 2009
Haiku 137
Daily, dead leaves drop:
The autumn underlying
Bright springtime flowers
*******
Heat waves kill roses
Yet those dried petals release
Headier perfumes
The autumn underlying
Bright springtime flowers
*******
Heat waves kill roses
Yet those dried petals release
Headier perfumes
16 May 2009
15 May 2009
Haiku 135
(contemplating concert-going)
Noises you pay for
Against noises that intrude:
Lotus, rise from mud!
Noises you pay for
Against noises that intrude:
Lotus, rise from mud!
14 May 2009
13 May 2009
12 May 2009
11 May 2009
10 May 2009
09 May 2009
08 May 2009
Haiku 128
3 Haiku for Balanchine's Jewels
1. Emeralds
Verdant the river
Flowing shaded, soft and sad;
(Why did you leave me?)
2. Rubies
Jump up like a flame!
Jazzy jaunty pelvises!
That's romance! Grab it!
3. Diamonds
Snow-white swan's down, glide
Down to cape and crown the head
Of my beloved
1. Emeralds
Verdant the river
Flowing shaded, soft and sad;
(Why did you leave me?)
2. Rubies
Jump up like a flame!
Jazzy jaunty pelvises!
That's romance! Grab it!
3. Diamonds
Snow-white swan's down, glide
Down to cape and crown the head
Of my beloved
07 May 2009
06 May 2009
05 May 2009
04 May 2009
Haiku 124
While black umbrellas
Open, the golden poppies
Remain curled up tight
*******
Glum Winter squats down
On flighty silly Springtime;
Both have their beauties
Open, the golden poppies
Remain curled up tight
*******
Glum Winter squats down
On flighty silly Springtime;
Both have their beauties
03 May 2009
Haiku 123
Office eyelids drop
Late afternoons, like snowflakes
In early winter
*******
A passing shadow,
And quick intimation of
Some obscurer dread
*******
Sudden rush of rain
Splashing swiftly through the leaves,
The tender green leaves
*******
Luminosity
Of the single silver drop
Gathered in cupped leaves
Late afternoons, like snowflakes
In early winter
*******
A passing shadow,
And quick intimation of
Some obscurer dread
*******
Sudden rush of rain
Splashing swiftly through the leaves,
The tender green leaves
*******
Luminosity
Of the single silver drop
Gathered in cupped leaves
02 May 2009
01 May 2009
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