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Saturday, March 03, 2012

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)

Friday, February 03, 2012

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!

Thursday, December 08, 2011

Lights Parade 2011

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Monday, November 07, 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

C is for Carbondale

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Saturday, June 05, 2010

C'dale stuff

Schools
Brehm Preparatory
Carbondale New School
Transportation
Amtrak
BART (shuttle to airport)
Greyhound
Saluki Express

local farms & businesses

Farmer Brown's Production Company
Lick Creek Beef
Permaculture Project
Outdoor Landscape Lights
Greenridge Landscaping
Country Goddess
Makanda Trading Company
American Red Cross
In Sync Mind Body Therapy Center
Cabin by the Pond
Heartland Women
WSIL Channel 3
Free Again Wildlife Rehab
Humane Society of So. Ill
One Lucky Kitty
PAWS (Pets are worth saving)
Burris Disposal
Cimco recycling
PLP Battery Supply
Southern Recycling
Dart Styrofoam Cup Recycling
Toxic Waste Disposal

Monday, January 18, 2010

more haiku

recent carbondale haiku (2009)

veterans gave us
this moment - you swing high
into oranging trees
(11-09)

swing on the far right
slighly muddy ground beneath
november's best hour
(11-09)

fires of october
past their peak, with cold north wind,
darker restful brown
(11-09)

sidewalk chamomile,
soft rain, small yellow flowers
reality tea
(6-09)

summer fixing code
in office - in broad daylight,
dear eat tomatoes
(6-09)

historic graveyard
oaks, acorns isolated
by westbound traffic
(6-09)

love of a bottle
whistle of an oncoming train
wood park bench, trestle
(6-09)

inland hurricane
or whatever they call it
half this town destroyed
(5-09)

kid works play structure
unaware of thanksgiving
madness descending
(11-08)

rainy parking lot
christmas decorated lights
singing deer guards door
(12-08)

more carbondale haiku