Haiku, Senryu & Other Shorts
tip-toeing–
tip-toeing–
it’s not the minefield
you’re used to
–September 25, 2018
Morgan Street S.
with Anna Reynaud
That girl, she hadn’t
graduated from the school’a
hard knocks, yet,
but I’ll tell you what
she’s enrolled
in the right place.
–September 24, 2018
You Little Thief
St. Helena couldn’t hold me
Leavenworth couldn’t hold me
Tower of London couldn’t hold me
Folsom Prison couldn’t hold me
Alcatraz couldn’t hold me
I think you could
hold me
–September 21, 2018
Polynesia
I’ve got Polynesia
and they say
there’s nothing
they can do about it.
Medically defined, Polynesia
is: the chronic inability
to cross an endless ocean
in a rowboat.
The only known cure
is breadfruit.
And, so, fellow sailors
you begin to understand
my dilemma.
–September 18, 2018
Stay Away
So, there’s only
one thing
you should stay
away from
in a poem
and that’s
the right-margin.
–September 14, 2018
Morgan Street S.
It takes a lot of common sense
to make it here.
Whatever doesn’t happen
doesn’t happen
for a reason, never count
your chickens…ever
and, of course, whatever
doesn’t kill you
you get used to.
–September 12, 2018
Straight to Voicemail
This girl keeps calling me.
She could be
in love with me,
she could be
a bill collector,
or both.
–September 6, 2018
bandit–
bandit–
how do we go on
without our front door
–September 6, 2018
snake-bit
snake-bit
I don’t have
the anecdote
–September 3, 2018
Morgan Street S.
Such a curious
and sweet little dog.
Tilde, she never harmed
a feather on nobody
–August 31,2018
Morgan Street S.
Babe, if you can turn
chicken shit
into chicken salad
we’re gonna have
a lot of chicken salad.
–August 24, 2018
schadenfreude era–
schadenfreude era–
we laugh at the denisova
and neanderthal
–August 22, 2018
Morgan Street S.
with Anna Reynaud
We had a pet possum.
He liked to hang
upside down.
–August 17, 2018
opium den–
opium den–
tweed catching
on silk
–August 5, 2018
Morgan Street S.
End of story,
that’s what it
turned into.
I remember when
Mario told me
about it.
I remember
Mario.
–August 2, 2018
Morgan Street S.
There’s two kinds
of people here.
Men poor people,
women poor people,
and the guy that died
in someone’s
old recliner.
–August 1, 2018
Bus from Valladolid
She loves to sing,
the wind
looks good in
his hair.
–July 27, 2018
alcohol–
alcohol–
you prefer the character
–July 27, 2018
she gets all
she gets all
ford versus chevy–
ejector seat
–July 5, 2018
State of the Union
The coals are gray
and there’s less
and less to celebrate.
Let’s cut your hair
short like it used to be,
kiss again
and secede.
–July 4, 2018
Morgan Street S.
I once gave a gal
a red chicken
down on Morgan Street
Now, she was very gracious
and appreciative,
but, that was my last
red chicken.
–June 30, 2018
lost patrol–
lost patrol–
no one left
to surrender to
–June 29, 2018
breaking up
breaking up
white scarf
your silhouette
–June 27, 2018
ayn rand for lovers
ayn rand for lovers
–ok, I’m done
–June 25, 2018
close-up
close-up
your breath
on the mirror
–June 24, 2018
another theory–
another theory–
we were made of silk
then skin
–June 24, 2018
sudden darkness–
sudden darkness–
the moth on our porch light
returns to the moon
–June 14, 2018
road coke–
road coke–
running on high
fructose
–June 13, 2018
I navigate the curves
I navigate the curves
in neutral–
amalfi coast
–June 13, 2018
back catalogue–
back catalogue–
you still
used to be a genius
— June 13, 2018