heart

1815♥️

fasting and penance
for my cardiac exam
Good Friday morning

my doctor does not
change her opinion
eat less and walk more

March 3, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, health, heart, senryu

hearts attack no one
long suffering and abused
until they fight back

drummer in my chest
does eight-to-the-bar
a stiffening blow

not my abstract heart
but the real one— letters
from the health clinic

the ultra-sound tech
she listens to what my heart
is really saying

February 4, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, haiku, health, heart, senryu 2 Comments

I kept every one
our string of hearts that wilted
after you left me

wake to a chest pain
just a ten pound cat
my heart his pillow

December 6, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, haiku, senryuTags: cats, haiku, heart, senryu, sleep 3 Comments

spools of red thread
scissors and needles
a heart to mend

curls on my chest
a tea cozy
enfolds my heart

no, no more emails
somewhere in warmth and quiet
we’ll mix wine with truth

this heart is hemmed in
with fire breaks and cold trails
no flame can touch it

A plumber snakes clogged
Pipes while I sit and watch,
Jelly doughnut in one hand,
Checkbook in the other.

October 28, 2014 by brucejewett Categories: Health, poetryTags: heart, plumber