I turned the corner
And decided I was thrilled
At the fear I felt
Author Archives: Lisa Rosier
This Haiku: November 10, 2015
Half-draped in canvas
I would want to fall in love
If I saw her there
Then the photograph
Capturing her rare virtue
I’d hang on my heart
29 inches high
Do not forsake my skin there
And fail to suffer my intellect here
Share with me the musings of men’s minds
The notions that so keenly captivate their thoughts
Yet never escape their lips
Except to hide behind polite banter, as if I cannot sense
Something’s just not-quite-right
If idealists and purists we be, I count on you
Set the truth free
Why Eyes: A Haiku
O’ what for my eyes
Where they cradle, who they hold
Will they be held back
if it is i am falling will you reach and grasp and catch
set me down sound and chant goodbye to my name
sacred and afire as your holy hello came
Torn Pages
I know
The unwritten Book
Its dulled dust cover
With pages well-worn
Everyone’s read It
In the questioning eyes and
On the stiff shoulders of
Others
Our names are all written inside
Clear, permanent ink
Identities edited
Feathers smoothed
What you expect of me
What I expect of you and
The consequences for failing
I know
When we see The Sun
And warmly shrug our shoulders
I know I’m in good company
That Book always scared us
So we skipped school
I know we often got busted
But here we all are today
Repurposing Books
Slick Sea, Sly Sky: A Haiku
These early mornings
Whisper wake up together
Both at the same time
This Haiku: November 7, 2015
There’s not aloneness
But the too-much quietness
Won’t leave me alone
in ruby shoes
I would stand still
In the fringe
I would implore imagination
Be the wind
I would maybe move
Slow maybe not
I would let the Light
Decide with me
Poetic Yes
So when I sign my sigh to the end of a day
It is the way
I poetically bless
The question
To which I answered
Yes
