1981: Our Haiku
Tag Archives: Us
Hey, Hey: Our Haiku
Ease toward my ease
Our optimism merging
Our decisions one
Wall Street
What sustains you, friend?
And, as one eternally tethered to the We that is you, too
I care not of the answer
Unless it entreats you
Go the distance, scale the heights!
For lengths you gain at our expense
Whether dirt road or Wall Street
Are, in fact, as ten steps back
Photo Credit: Tiger R.; age 12
Army of One: A Haiku
Self-hatred and angst
We will forthwith be free from
They said to their souls
Out of Compliance
This fight for each inch that we rise to perform
The truth of it is, we’re not built to conform
Would we, were we forced, fail a personal best?
No! For we’re not Earth’s penultimate guests
At The Bell
Fling that thing to the Moon
That thing that’s ailing you
Red flags, white flags, too
It’s not a day too soon
Let’s leave crazy to loons
Whose flightiness consumes
Consider this day new
Its call goes out to you
To sing the champion’s tune
Latent: A Haiku
Giv’n The Universe
There seems more to us than this
Maybe this is that
No Othering
We must sit alone through This
No one has our back
Not forsaking sunlight then
Nor the sturdiness of these vintage legs
Doors behind us closed, by intent
Facing East, where will our colors lead us
What mystery does the morning hold
What certainty does twilight promise
Alma
