naval station
the clanging of rope
on the pole
—Martin Gottlieb Cohen
About the author: Martin Cohen was born in the South Bronx somewhere on Simpson Street, went to a Yeshiva on East Broadway and Canal Street, and then lived in the South of Brooklyn, the South of Long Island, The Southern Tier of Upstate New York, The South of Manhattan, and finally South Jersey in Egg Harbor.
Martin's e-mail address: martin1223 at comcast dot net
Martin also has a weblog.
after school detention:
the vacant flag pole stands
in the corner
Well, you are one of my favourite poets, so I can't say more than I really enjoyed this haiku too!
Alan