longing haiku 9-16

how soon we forget
a desire fulfilled is a
wick that's been burned down

keep your friends close and
your enemies closer and
your muses in flight

i left my heart in
someone's pocket they threw it
in with the laundry

i want to be numb
float down the stream on a raft
a big bumper boat

is this on the test
if not i'll daydream about
cute boys and sweaters

there's nothing to say
now that the line has been drawn
we can't get back there

my need is a pit
so hollow it's without sides
black tar sucking hole

the orange blossom
smells sweeter than sugar on
cotton candy cake

peace haiku 9-16

think kind thoughts & they
will be returned to you as
long as you keep on

chaos collapses
bridges but then we gather
to build two canoes

plant a tomato
will it rot & fertilize
its own seeds maybe?

eat your vegetables
you'll be happy that you did
eat your vegetables

no need to be scared
when you're prepared just take what
comes & you'll be fine

i've hit in anger
red fist hit red flesh make welt
i've no right to judge

don't live in the shade
just for fear of sunburn or
you'll wither. really.

make you feel better
even if what we share is
history of pain

yoga wheel haikus

yoga is just stand
there and don't hurt anyone
including yourself

everytime you go
for a ride you don't have to
reinvent the wheel

peace haiku 1-8

more good work gets done
when like brothers & sisters
we all act as one

there may be peace where
you are and i will do my
best to have peace here

these are dark ages
stoke the flames of truth & light
whenever you can

there's magic in the
paths between the homes of your
friends when you're little

can you remember
the very first time you saw
a dandelion

fuzzy yellow ball
darker gold in the middle
a few together

act like the person
you want to become when you
forget how to act

from december's wet
snow the green of kindness grows
towards roots that were numb

not longing haiku 1-8

they don't even like
me they're just using me to
get into heaven
-jesus

my name was hater
happy birthday heather cake
hombre heard her wrong

overwhelming guilt
crucify me now so that
i can rise again

now i know it all
that no one knew anything
that i thought they did

to make a choice is
death of infinity and
focus on the one

bipolar bear cub
swimming for the surface and
lazing in the sun

jesus is busy
nobody knows my sorrow
swing low & i'll jump

women with big heads
have smaller hips & shouldn't
be having children

longing haiku 1-8

the walls are too high
the windows just a tease when
i can't reach inside

it's too far too long
doomed to repeat play along
everything's all wrong

shake it off again
the end hurts almost as much
as breaking the shell

i can't get my head
around this gift of words you
just dropped in my lap

i want to tell you
all there is to know or could
it be anyone

you are my mirror
identically parallel
at least we're honest

caught in the old web
of too much & not enough
it's all new again

tom petty was wrong
the waiting is the best part
you get it, it falls

4 haikus

if nobody else
will do it sometimes you have
to call your own bluff

quiet through the week
weekends come washing machines
hoses drills vacuums

everybody has
secrets or is it just they're
too lazy to share

what more do i seek
will anything be enough
but the greenest grass

i wanna get haiku, so haiku

each inhalation
drives yourself further up a
wall with no return

so high you so low
the end is near this i know
ashes to us all

there's a million ways
to get from now to later
burn your blazing path

freedom to me is
sitting in the sun humming
little drummer boy

3 haikus

years of silence and
years of bickering end with
lovely parting gifts

desire rhymes with
far in the land with her gears
full of molasses

still feel innocent
despite piles of evidence
to the contrary

mexico trip, haiku-style

so quick with a smile
suddenly they're at your side
tijuana ninos

heads are kinda down
walk kinda fast up down the
steps and through plazas

black hair pink cheeks in
a fleece blanket baby sleeps
didn't make a peep

twinkly-eyed Jaime
lady plaing pool fused blues
glowing green lemon

just watch the TV
your hands are not sweating &
just watch them snowboard

two for one not four
the apple has to stay here
dufford was cordial

full sun ice cold beer
all is love with friends so dear
san valentin day