Repainting a sign to Lamphum
Scraping first, flakes land on bricks
Paint won’t stick in the rain
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Tag Archives: haikuish
Short pants schoolkids…
Short pants schoolkids
hoot-owling now
echo in the courtyard
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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I know the city but not the name / Towns and Trains
Tom Waits warbles low
This train isn’t downtown bound
I know the city but not the name
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Reading past dark…
Reading past dark
warming hands
by oil lamp
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Spangled golden robes / Towns and Trains
This train was made in Japan
In the middle of last century
Last night’s was Chinese livery
Rolling past Siam’s majesty
This photo is omnipresent
Framed with bunting black and white
3 inches higher than the crown prince
His life largely a untold
Childhood snapshots
Like a young Kennedy
3 wives in Germany
Spangled golden robes
Draping enough to hide
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Stoke fire…
Stoke fire
boil water, add tea
over and over
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Splendid green abundance / Towns and Trains
Observed:
hemp, cultivated and railside,
in splendid green adundance
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Stumbled upon…
Stumbled upon
seafoam eyes
your seashell held to my ear
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Document in my diary… / Towns and Trains
I document in my diary
But i often miss a day or two
I‘ll fill in the blanks eventually
The same i do with you
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Swirling years past…
Swirling years past
glinting in an eye
recalls a story
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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