exiles child

Poems

Daylilies
crowding each other
for a glimpse of sun

You wonder what life means
while the dice
are still rolling

This is your brain on haiku.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
Now there’s love on every corner.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
Now there are starlings.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
But so did the kestrel.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
They are jealous lovers.

Learn to love sparrows
they said. I did.
They’re building a condo in the rose garden.

I was in the midst of travel commotion last week, and missed posting my Friday haiku, so I’m doubling up today.

North is south this year
confused,
geese stay put

In a deep corner
of my self
a patch of soil

Thinking about
my brain thinking
about itself