Magnapoets Japanese Form

in foster care
I never wept
just silently bore
my fate like a parcel
too heavy to carry

first published in Ribbons

housebuilding – I need
large closets, hardwood floors
a bay window –
his one request?
a  bathtub big enough for two

first published in red lights

summer

after summer

lupine…

he never says

no to me

 

first published in The Makata

a girl whose dolls
were all neatly clothed
and coifed. . .
not knowing then
that I'd have no children

Simply Haiku; Take Five

at this age
I choose only vibrant colors
for the garden;
there is no time to languish
in melancholy

bottle rockets, #20, February 2009

 

an aging 
rocker-motorcyclist
in thick traffic
waves his tattooed arms
to a beat I don't quite get

first pub'd in MET, Aug. 2008

gentle hills
rolling down to the pond
covered with snow
unmarred by tracks or shadows
as a babe newly born

Adelaide

outside the Kim Son
–- our bellies filled –-
koi and catfish curl and swirl
then swarm for crumbs
the other humans drop

inside the ravaged city
–- their bellies stunned –-
homeless stagger, stutter
await the   crumbs               
of a new day  

lynx, feb. 2006

The night’s vibrations,

And my soul’s longing

For sleep;

Not to dream dreams but

To awake with birdsongs.       

wrapped in the cocoon
that is you
I have no desire
to venture outside
until it is warm

first published in Autumn Leaves.