dog asleep on a beanbag
cool air slinks in the kitchen door
I sit typing under the stopped fan
29 September 2013
State College, PA
Category: Haiku
sunshine iced tea bagel
“I Saw Her Standing There”
Green Fig in July
trudge trudge trudge
slip trudge trudge trudge slip trudge:
Albany blizzard
no two are alike
as they fall from the winter sky:
poisoned birds
my voice echoes
through the empty house:
leaving in winter
woke up with a sore throat
dreading a cold during moving time
:slept on cold floor
all my muscles are tired
I lifted the mattress onto the car by myself
buoyed by unexpected springlike warmth
I stepped on the ice
it turned out to be a deep, shoe-soaking puddle
(this is and is not a metaphor)
heavy boxes shift
my footing loose on icy driveway
:keeping my balance
flooded sidewalks
walking on the glistening asphalt:
February thaw
how it ends:
a winter breeze stirs the curtains
no one is coming
walking in the street
cars passing too closely:
icy sidewalks
ice on the driveway
inside, spicy noodles
and the warmth of conversation
This haiku is largely an inside joke. Sorry about that.
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warm miso soup
cold soba & the taste of avocado
way better than Chipotle (TM)
biting breeze
blows the curtains in and out
I breathe