e pluribus haiku 2012

now on kindle

cool may in turley -
let the children stretch their legs
before the swelter
(5-12)

jackhammer's complaint -
that wall, that ramp, ir'n within -
dust for summer term
(5-12)

dairy queen's curb
bare feet, ice cream in the cracks
with whatever else
6-12)

getting dropped nickels
from beneath outdoor patio -
rainbow people's job
(6-12)

in the shawnee caves
nomads barter for hemp socks -
october drizzle
(6-12)

bucky's student, back
when this was synergy dome -
labryinth's weeds intrude
(6-12)

blistering dry heat -
sunset's grass crackling in pain,
trees beg for relief
(6-12)

mir'cle whip display -
walmart congratulates our
twenty twelve seniors
(6-12)

regatta cardboard,
fresh kind of competition -
brackish kind of wet
(6-12)

a judge's gavel -
guard questions an old-timer -
outside, spring rains
(2-12)

carbondale haiku 2012

deep in thompson woods,
sounds of campus slowly fade -
snake in last year's leaves
(4-12)

courthouse cigarette
break, newfallen snow's silence -
justice takes its time
(4-12)

a judge's gavel -
guard questions an old timer,
then, spring's gentle rains
(4-12)

spark and a candle,
a whisper and a fine meal -
train drowns out promise
(3-12)

for several years,
irish fest brought kids t'turley -
got rained out a lot
(3-12)

public library,
watching weeds grow as i wait -
japanese garden
(3-12)

laundromat's lint trap -
clipping i'd saved, in pieces,
outside, howling snow
(3-12)

cardinal hesitates -
forsythia's a good place
to see and be seen
(3-12)

'round hunt'n season,
the deer all come into town -
survival instinct
(3-12)

rur'l king popcorn stop
hundred chicks in box, some dead
big social issue
(3-12)

turley's snow cone hut
mango ice, reasons sunset
concert folks don't clap
(3-12)

protest on main street
some open windows and wave
some spit or throw cans
(3-12)

geese over cedar
argue about the weather -
time to go back north
(2-12)

twenty years, these kids
climbed slides backwards, but she says
in her town they can't
(3-12)

schnuck's flower cashier
might think it wasn't enough -
valentine's special
(3-12)

inside the caboose
sultry mem'ries gather dust -
real train's approaching
(3-12)

Benefit Poetry Reading

Wed. Feb. 15, 7-9 PM, Longbranch Coffeehouse
100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale

Patrick T. Randolph
Kathy Cotton
Thomas Leverett

More information here.
All Welcome!