dead birds at the base
of the lit skyscraper
autumn midnight
Month: December 2010
footprints
the prairie dog stretches
its shadow
deep snow …
the acorn
up to its cap
funeral procession the hitchhiker tucks his thumbs in his pockets
nor’easter–
scent of the river
rising
sheltered by the bus stop empties
Buddha eyes–
a hunchbacked woman sweeps
the temple steps
lovers’ moon–
a cicada leaves its shell
on the fence post
birthday party
the new neighbor
shows his tattoo
sight unseen
my maternal grandfather passed away on june 22 1980 from black lung … (haibun continues)
dead-end street
every house but one
boarded up
the writer
we exchange
a few words
trailing the snail
on the pale gray pavement
an ellipsis…
a bowed head
in each bus window
mountain fog
shortest day–
the waiting room clock
at the ICU
January thaw
dog-walkers greet
leashed strangers
goodbye hugs—
all the places
where we touch
not getting my joke
but he smiles anyway–
the stone buddha
juncos black
silhouettes in birch trees
notes on a tangled clef
cherry
blossoms
drifting
down
mission
street
three
pink
hookers
black fedora
the blind man
inspects its brim
corner beggar change is everywhere