streaks of tangerine
clouds lit by a yet to be
seen sun rising slow.
Haiku #428
“the crows anoints the
statues with their dirt” as I
listen by myself.
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• the portion in quotation marks is a line from the poem “Invective against Swans” by American poet Wallace Stevens in his collection Harmonium published in 1923.
Haiku #427
at the shower I
precisely control what comes
at me to strike me.
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•• written after reading the poem “Pity The Bathtub Its Forced Embrace Of The Human Form” by Matthea Harvey
Haiku #426
cross shaped telephone
pole, against the growing glow
of the sunrise sky.
Haiku #425
seated in darkness
awaiting sunrise, and keys
to open the doors.
Haiku #424
soaked in sweat, I stare
out the break room window – a
bird working to eat.
Haiku #423
a gentle rain falls
on a train over-passing
moving cars below.
Haiku #422
the freight train chases
the glowing sunset on the
distant horizon.
Haiku #421
empty parking lots
and houses full of people
— Christmas Day magic.
Haiku #420
riding off into
the sunset (by minivan)
— darkness pursuing.
A Thousand Haiku 