another normal family
on vacation / behind the boys
a sperm whale’s skeleton
/ / /
6 August 2023
Shenandoah National Park
This is poem 15 in a series called 50 Days Till 50 Years. I’m writing a poem a day between now and my 50th birthday. I’m going to try to focus on memories of my past, and the people who inhabited it.
Category: Haiku
nooks & crannies
Jonas Vingegaard
Tadej Pogacar
/ / /
13 July 2023
Charlottesville VA
maybe if
I / they
would love me
/ / /
11 July 2023
Charlottesville VA
utter silence
buzz
a bug against the lamp
/ / /
9 July 2023
Charlottesville VA
six minutes to midnight
sending out ones and zeroes
a fox darts into bushes
/ / /
5 July 2023
Charlottesville VA
the porch visit over
I make a cup of tea
cricket songs returning
/ / /
28 June 2023
Charlottesville VA
I wrapped myself
in a tent made of sky
floating in the half-light
/ / /
10 May 2023
Charlottesville VA
sushi for two
for
one
/ / /
1 May 2023
Charlottesville VA
a gentle cow
(b)lows the saxophone
the club falls silent
/ / /
30 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
striped tail!
at the window: whiskers
traveling cat after spring rains
/ / /
29 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
together we read
Shakespeare
squirrels play in the yard
/ / /
23 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
If Allen Ginsberg
were here he’d know
just what to write
/ / /
18 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
the aroma of a nearby fire
fades in the steam
of my morning tea
/ / /
13 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
sun & Star Wars
green tea & dogwoods
: a loved one’s voice
/ / /
12 April 2023
Charlottesville VA
waiting
(for my phone)
to die
/ / /
11 April 2023
Charlottesville VA