7 Haiku

Misty morning beach— 
a black boy in a blue hood
is walking backwards

Black crows and white gulls

stand on a white-streaked railing
and stare at the waves

Morning fishermen

ganged on a damp patch of sand—
shadows in the mist

*

An insistent bird

through the lush trees by the deck—
we sip black coffee

A lake of grey rocks—

copper pheasants and stone cats
gathered at its edge

Summer darkness falls—

fireflies rise over our heads
while we drink red wine

*

A mist in the east—

here a gang of hungry birds
stabbing at dry grass



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A Crack In You, A Crack In Me

God I know...that you don’t care 
Where I go...or how I fare
If I go broke...in your nightmare
Down below...what a man can bear

You put a price...on human dreams
Your sole advice...is to build a scheme
Like a light...for souls to seek
Until one night...you’ve got them beat

Oh you’ve got a foe to meet

He’s coming to cheat you
Yeah you know he might beat you

And so all your secrets and fears
Just grow

When you get blue...you can see

A crack in you...a crack in me
A crack in that...reality
Which isn’t what...it seemed to be

Which isn't what...it seemed to be



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Flashes 12

We
don’t lift
our garage doors

Yet another

crack
in the rational world

Watching the wind

through a window
in the mirror

*

He drank
himself
off course

Times when

we want
nothing

Her smile

you could smell:
powdery candy

*

These houses make you
dream of what
other lives are like

May the Spirit of Summer

linger long
in the Land of Lakes!

Dark trees

sparkling
with fireflies



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