haiku

a haiku, aside from the syllable strucutre, captures a fleeting moment that tends to focus on simple, sensory imagery. haiku evoke sudden insight or emotion, and they frequently juxtpose two images with a cutting word. here are my gatherings:


your skin will shatter

to bits, and within my bones,

grows desperate love


encase your gazing,

i only want you to think

that i'm fantastic


children frolick in

mud and dirt and dismay--

alone in song, together interrupeted


sun hides--

blanketed by the moon

and casting their hue


toes stretch out straight

but stop just short of the wall

yawns of feet tired of shoes


born of pain she clawed

her gentle way in this life,

this long-winded race


bitter hunger and

its satiability

thirst easily quenched


not comfortable

though--hard earned and scraping by

fight the good ol' fight!


eagerness, without

grace, free me from confinement

destined to desire