July 2011
2 posts
16. A Short Con    the empty lot where they held camp meetings now a highrise faint strains of songs float in the rain My grandfather was a Southern Baptist minister, my grandmother his choir director and pianist. When I was a child they took me with them to old fashioned tent revivals. I had a job to do. Before the congregation was exhorted to be saved, I was asked to sing a hymn. As I sang...
Jul 13th
midnight snow blows from black to black through the streetlights a handful of stones  07-13-2011
Jul 13th
June 2011
2 posts
  winter begins harsh words with my son sharpen the chill Notes from the Gean - Volume 3-Issue #1
Jun 2nd
squirrel sprawled flat in full bird bath to beat the heat a handful of stones 6-1-2011
Jun 2nd
March 2011
3 posts
closeup moon with crags bumps and scars a beauty Haiku Bandit Society Moonview - 03-2011
Mar 19th
in deep snow tiny dog in the same tracks she forged before Pay Attention - A River of Stones
Mar 19th
sleet chatter on the skylight night wind keens Pay Attention - A River of Stones
Mar 19th
February 2011
1 post
storms tow anchor chains of black rain to snag the earth below A Handful of Stones 2-11-11 Haiku Now
Feb 11th
January 2011
6 posts
Jan 31st
driving through the night astride the road ahead a veiled orange moon Haiku Bandit 01-11 Moonview
Jan 21st
hot pavement belly up beetle hosts an ant banquet SxSE Vol. 18 #
Jan 19th
  Central Park kids at the reflecting pool crawdad fishing baited with hot dog bits tied to a scrap of string A Handful of Stones - 01-18-11 Haiku Now
Jan 19th
Jan 2nd
the ancients called it pneuma breath or soul all short poems sigh this spirit Handful of Stones 01/02/2011 Haiku Now
Jan 2nd
December 2010
1 post
while one sleeps reindeer silhouettes race the moon Haiku Bandit December Moonview
Dec 20th
deer tracks end in a thicket… aspen whispers    Notes from the Gean - Vol.2 - #3  
Dec 1st
November 2010
2 posts
the brightness of the full moon deepens the cold Haiku Bandit Moon View 11-2010 SxSE Vol 17 #
Nov 27th
October 2010
3 posts
    My grandmother survived the Great Depression but always feared its return. Over the years, in her pantry, she shaped and saved balls of scrap foil, rubber bands and mixed twine as a hedge against future shortages. She sealed mouse holes with patches of flattened tin cans. Leaky garden hoses were mended with strips of rags tied in fancy bow knots. End notched scrap planks propped sagging wire...
Oct 26th
moon in water shiny dime bright swims with the waves Haiku Bandit Society - Moon Viewing Party 10-2010
Oct 25th
every birthday brings me  closer to the child inside Handful of Stones - 10-16-2010
Oct 16th
September 2010
3 posts
on a wardrobe shelf cigar box of cedar chips dry broken insects A Handful of Stones 9-23-10
Sep 25th
at sunrise a pale orange moon sets in the west Haiku Bandit Society 9-10 Moon Viewing Party - Dottie Dot Award
Sep 25th
under the tent snatches of hymns hide from the rain A Handful of Stones 09-05-2010
Sep 8th
August 2010
4 posts
bright moonglow on drifted snow fields an owl blinks Haiku Bandit Society 8-10 Moon Viewing Party - Dottie Dot Award
Aug 27th
scent of rain candle flickers-flares dims to glow A Handful of Stones 08-27-2010
Aug 27th
Aug 17th
dead beetle seethes with ants mockingbird shifts songs Handful of Stones 08-08-2010
Aug 8th
July 2010
4 posts
cold clear night you can almost spot the flag on the moon Haiku Bandit Society 7-10 Moon Viewing Party
Jul 29th
Tanka cola cap moons  pressed into blacktop  hold fixed orbits  in the tar baby  trapped southern sunshine we peel pears  on the back porch steps  hands swarm with bees  who lap the nectar  and leave a tickle cicada  levered outside husk  ascends afresh  after long slumbers  to soar for a breath cold seeps  under the door  kettle trills  to rouse one from dreams of glacial...
Jul 15th
snail trails shine jigsaw the sidewalk mackerel sky A Handful of Stones 07-14-2010
Jul 14th
Jul 14th
my brother phones the caller ID still shows mom’s name Sketchbook Vol. 5 - Issue 2 - March/April 2010 - Mother’s Day
Jul 1st
June 2010
9 posts
fan blades flicker in flashes night lightning Ambrosia-Issue 5- Summer 2010
Jun 30th
older joggers in an urban landscape wary of traffic Handful of Stones 06-26-2010
Jun 26th
desert midnight a swath of stars pillows the moon Haiku Bandit Society 6-10 Moon Viewing Party
Jun 26th
bruise blue sky stoplights lift and swing front moves in Handful of Stones 06-25-2010
Jun 25th
coffee filters from my late mother’s kitchen used them all at last A Handful of Stones 06-18-2010 Sketchbook Vol. 5 - Issue 2 - March/April 2010 - Mother’s Day
Jun 18th
branches scratch the frosted pane etch the moon SxSE Vol. 17 #2 7x20 11-19-2010
Jun 5th
large raindrops pelt the pavement puffs of dust SxSE Vol. 17 #2
Jun 5th
row houses wear tin foiled windows blind to spring Tinywords - Haiku-Micropoetry Daily - issue 10.1 06-02-2010
Jun 2nd
May 2010
4 posts
cicada levered on husk departs afresh A Handful of Stones 05-27-2010
May 27th
flooded out alone on the rooftop with the moon Haiku Bandit Society 5-10 Moon Viewing Party
May 26th
we peel pears on the back steps hands swarm with bees A Handful of Stones 05-24-2010
May 24th
moonbeams through bullet holes rural mailbox Haiku Bandit Society 4-10 Moon Viewing Party
May 7th
April 2010
1 post
a full moon halo for a sail probes the forest  Dottie Dot Award - Haiku Bandit Society 3-10 Moon Viewing Party
Apr 7th
February 2010
32 posts
dark pool white rings come and go dawn rain SxSE Vol. 10 #3
Feb 21st
Texas night rain patter: more locusts SxSE Vol.17 #1
Feb 21st
fall bike ride school band fades in and out SxSE Vol.17 #1
Feb 21st
thunderstorm broken branches pierce the roof SxSE Vol.16 #3
Feb 21st
golden glow long autumn shadows cicadas SxSE Vol.16 #3
Feb 21st