Halloween parade
only one crying crying
my son mighty Thor
Month: October 2019
2613r
compressor rattles
pumpkins and ghosts inflated
on my neighbor’s lawn
(another version appeared
in Failed Haiku)
2612
pound by pound
the season of gluttony
wraps me in sugar
2611r
in granny’s kitchen
cocky jack-o-lanterns
lose their grins
2610
an early moonrise
a hummingbird’s silhouette
flys across
2609
a whirl wind of leaves
crosses against the red light
unruly children
2608
leaves scrapping along
etching their tiny verses
as they’re carried off
2607Rx3
wife wakes me at dawn
the incense of wildfires
hundred miles away
my mother’s pride
I have more white hairs
than she
no more threesomes
with ben and jerry
my resolution
-Failed Haiku, 11/5/2017, edited by
Mike Rehling
2606
leaves whispering
shushing everyone
to hear fall coming
2605
pilfering ice cream
from my mother’s freezer
her hair in my mouth
2604
tiptoes to next door
breaks off a twig of bayleaf
a penny is saved
2603
from the hospital
begs me to care for her cats
winter starts early
2602
while I feed her milk
she presses wrist watch functions
I didn’t know I had
2601
a game is over
chess players roll up their boards
fall buries all kings
2600
cold autumn morning
leaves and petals shiver
trees hug themselves
