Haiku, Senryu & Other Shorts
circular argument–
circular argument–
round and round
as the horseflies
–June 6, 2018
a paper boat sails
a paper boat sails
from kyoto to granada
eastwind
–June 6, 2018
(originally accompanied by an image of Lorca’s “The Cricket Sings”)
impoverished–
impoverished–
bored with dollars
he takes the change
–June 5, 2018
Failed State
The land
of opportunity
and means and motive.
–May 30, 2018
bluebonnet–
bluebonnet–
texas is the season
she’s standing in
–May 29, 2018
corn maze–
corn maze–
my eyes wander
through her braids
–May 21, 2018
no one comments
no one comments
on my hat–
royal weeding
–May 19, 2018
he wakes up next
he wakes up next
to lady macbeth–
shakespeare in the dark
–May 12, 2018
proxymoron–
(for Guiliani)
proxymoron–
the cloud over the cloud
over the country
–May 6, 2018
inside baseball–
inside baseball–
2 men out and the bases
are empty
–April 27, 2018
club crackers–
club crackers–
finally finishing up
the back nine
–April 27, 2018
bleeding through–
bleeding through–
one more coat
ought to do it
–April 26, 2018
happy hour–
happy hour–
nothing like an audience
that loves an audience
–April 25, 2018
strong constitution–
strong constitution–
he takes the fifth
and slips around back
–April 24, 2018
Your Current Balance
You love him
like a Wallenda
loves the wind.
–April 16, 2018
stuck at the crossing–
stuck at the crossing–
a line of traffic
dreams of mussolini
–April 9, 2018
sunday paper–
sunday paper–
it takes a lot
to straighten you out
–April 8, 2018
grand canyon–
grand canyon–
you can only overlook
so much
–April 6, 2018
The Russian Evolution
When I was a kid
real Russians drank cheap vodka,
played great chess,
and only talked to Americans
when they absolutely had to.
–April 2, 2018
rockette science–
rockette science–
and a one and a two
and a three and a four
–March 29, 2018
unfiltered–
unfiltered–
grounds for divorce
–March 11, 2018
the shelter–
the shelter–
whatever she can’t take
she’ll burn
— March 1, 2018
Bumper Sticker
Write drunk. Edit Sober
–February 17, 2018
inoperable–
inoperable–
they found shrapnel from poems
lodged in his head
–February 9, 2018
baking away–
baking away–
she stares into the swirling abyss
of the hobart
–February 2, 2018
stuffed and mounted
stuffed and mounted
it looks just like ted nugent–
wait, tell me that is ted nugent
–January 30, 2018
sherwood forest–
sherwood forest–
robins plus robinhood
minus victimhood
–January 29, 2018
easy marx–
easy marx–
let her choose between
labor and capital
–January 26, 2018
Sparta, Sorta
I’ve got my 300,
bring your 10,000,
to Thermopylae,
with pens.
What day works for y’all?
–January 24, 2018
sleep numbers–
sleep numbers–
clouds you hope
can multiply
–January 11, 2018