Archive for the 'Philadelphia' Category

Haiku: Crow’s black wing fractures

Monday, April 5th, 1999

Crow’s black wing fractures
violently blue, clear sky;
winter flees the scene.

Haiku: Acrobatic squirrel

Saturday, April 3rd, 1999

Acrobatic squirrel
relishies thickening buds
from fruitful maple.

Haiku: Man in the fur hat

Monday, March 29th, 1999

Man in the fur hat
walks in the warm spring air like
shocked and stunned groundhog.

Haiku: The morning’s caress

Thursday, March 25th, 1999

The morning’s caress
by the sweet spring scented air;
no softer than yours.

Three Haiku: Wind and tide compel

Tuesday, March 23rd, 1999

Wind and tide compel
the muddy Schukyll river
to flow back up stream.

Cloud filtered sunlight
penetrates the thick water
animating the waves.

Angry and restless,
the river slaps the concrete:
fighting its restraints.

Haiku: Bradford pear provides

Tuesday, March 23rd, 1999

Bradford pear provides
a perch for puffed up blue jay
surrounded by buds.

Haiku: Steady caresses

Monday, March 22nd, 1999

Steady caresses
as rain’s many hands slip down
between root and soil.

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This poem was an attempt to make a sexual, sexy haiku.

Haiku: Equinox twilight

Wednesday, March 17th, 1999

Equinox twilight.
Folks blossom on porches and
balconies with joy.

Haiku: Antidepressant

Tuesday, March 16th, 1999

Antidepressant:
Won-ton soup in Ritt’nhouse Square
watching snowmen melt.

Pussy willow bunch
carried home along with a
forsythia bunch.

Haiku: Sparrow celebrates

Tuesday, March 16th, 1999

Sparrow celebrates:
shrieks praise of last snow blanket
and budding maples.