In today’s Haikuniverse…
our backyard
dirty snow retreats
lifeless grass revealed
flattened, yellow-brown
and yet, beautiful
to behold
ah, yes
the promise of spring
The Coco Stretch
That’s
what we call it
when his cute
puppy butt
reaches skyward,
front paws
stretched
out in front
of his sweet
little self.
He lowers
his tawny,
curly rump,
touches the floor
and once again –-
it’s part of his schtick –-
Coco extends
his adorable
puppy-ness,
his elasticity
and motivation
(treats factor
into the equation),
a wonder, a joy.
We reward him
with praise,
with loving hands,
with hugs
merely
tolerated.
Our boy, our boy.
All is good
with our world.
butterfly net
what’s needed
is some kind of capturing
or subduing device
an ingenious method
to destabilize
the Chinese puffball,
to paralyze
the download,
to scramble
the Beijing-to-Balloon
covert instructions,
to neutralize its
ill-gotten, 60,000 feet
meandering booty—
some good-guy mechanism
to crush their
under (over?) cover
clandestine operations
Wordless Wednesday

in the flesh
paisley incarnations
what is it
you’d always hoped
you’d be?
iowa winters
northwest wind
I keep puppy’s door open
for only so long
Silent Sunday

what it does to me
sunshine
how my soul
soars








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