(storm)

storm I break against myself

(newborn)

3626 grams of human expansion tbc

no escape chemicals for years now and again a snowflake

gas station parking lot bear tracks the only patron

half a joint the hum of the fan

(bottle rockets #26)

(slats)

rocking chair what the slats are for

the convict's long stretch on a stone cot morning workout

funeral everyone's breath

(bottle rockets 26)

dreams a butterfly monkey and bee I do doo-wop in Motown

Wikipedia blackout fanboys' day of mourning

(nail)

sailing the tear duct a nail from the Arc of Sorrows

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(Published Taj Mahal Review, Vol. 10, no. 2, Dec. 2011)

the price of petrol melting frost

the stories it could tell -- the january moon

ten filthy hats from a clear blue sky hush, my loins

wishing star fades this permanence

curve of her shoulder evening stroll

(Jan. 5, 2012, Daily Haiku)

hatsuyume does the poem end?

a child's trust how tiny the stars are

orphaned fawns quench their thirst a rain-filled bomb crater

new year's day  again

(home again)

home again this new year smells of her