Haiku: Climate Deniers

Jackdaws chatter on 

Tips of blighted cypresses, 

Biting acid tongues. 

 

 

 

 

 

Light Satyric Lyric

Those firm apples nearing 

Fullness upon the green 

 

Bough, her bodice tight 

To the point 

 

Of bursting, tart 

Nipples breasting 

 

Forth, oh dear

God that dappled 

 

Runaway light! 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Early Spring Affair

 —for Eleni

 

On the patio 

Facing the garden, 

In-between 

 

Our mutual scrolling through 

The morning news, out of the corner 

Of my eye, I can just make out 

 

A pair of sparrows skittering in 

Our singular blossoming 

Almond tree— 

 

I wonder what it is 

You’re looking at, 

My love. 

 

 

 

 

 

Love-starved Poet

Time to spit it out: 

While you were whiling 

 

Time away trying 

To find those perfect 

 

Fixings to complement 

A charmed life lived 

 

To the fullest, the missing 

Ingredient was always 

 

There on the tip 

Of your tongue, 

 

Salivating. 

 

 

 

Haiku: Making Every Second Count

Short of breath, counting 

Syllables, vocalizing 

How breathless life is.