murmuring voices
along the shoreline,
smelters’ lanterns
Author: Charles Rossiter
Charlie Rossiter, the host of www.poetrypoetry.com, has been writing and publishing haiku and other poems for decades. His latest collection, Around the House, is just out from Pudding House Publications. His work has been featured on numerous state-wide public radio networks as well as NPR.
cold wind
through the el station;
the old bluesman’s harp
Mother’s Day:
he swims out
to where he left her ashes
rusted red wagon,
a puddle of leaves
on the trampoline
fresh from the bath:
my hand curves
to greet her
four languages
around the chess board;
suddenly I feel hopeful
gray october day,
the maple leaves
that much brighter
first cold day–
steam rises
from the bread pudding
get rich quick
hot young girls want you–
morning email
last light rays,
the old cowboy lopes along
across the tv screen