CHIRP

The bird liked to sing // outside my midnight window, // chirping in the dark.

MORNING hawk (haiku)

MORNING HAWK

He sat majestic
Upon steeple, surveying
Eternal domain.

FINCHES

The finches are back,
traveling on their way south,
tittering in trees.

RISE AND SHINE

Morning serenade
from grey-clad mockingbird,
southern harmonies.

SAN BERNARDINO

Another shooting
steals many innocent souls
in California.

How many more lives
must be lost before we stop
this gun craziness?

Citizens do not
need machine guns and armor
to live peacefully.

Stop the madness of
angry folk taking their spite
out on the blameless.

THANKSGIVING HAIKU

Thanksgiving's over,
tucked tummy of turkey,
and family time.

PARIS

Blood flows in Paris,
pain felt all over the world,
but hate will not win.

HRC

Bernie, I love ya!,
but inside I really think
it’s Hillary’s turn.

TRUMPKU

I'm sad Carter's sick,
but it is Trump's brain that is
filled with cancer?

ARROWMEN

Ordeal is over,
Now I have two Arrowmen,
I'm a proud father.

HAIGOTKU BABE

Silky black tresses,
with her long slinky dresses,
and seductive voice.

[For Cher]

PRAYER (HAIKU)

As I get older
I make a strident prayer,
Dear Good Lord. Please, Be.

DANCING LIBERTIES

Turquoise-robed dancers
Fill street corners with motion,
Must be tax season.

CHRISTMAS IS OVER

As pine needles fall,
the holiday ends and life
returns to normal.

EPITAPH

I didn’t leave much
of a footprint, but I did
touch a few people.


[Haiku that came to me in the middle of the night.]

COLD

Bitter cold descends
on the lower states, and it’s
only November.


It has been too early for us to deal with snow and bitter temperatures!

EMPTY (haiku)

One unnerving sight,
bare and uninviting, is
an empty bookshelf.

ORDER OF THE ARROW

Here he comes afresh
red arrow across his chest,
I'm so proud of him.

{Joey was elected into the Order of the Arrow, and completed his ordeal this weekend.}

KEEP ON (haiku)

What I wish to hear
is “I read it, and liked it”
and “keep on writing.”

SANDSTORM (GO COCKS!)

Blizzard of waving
white towels spinning to greet
the Gamecock players.