shoveling snow I should be done by march

Lost Space

winter homework the crumbs of an eraser now part of the equation

impeachment light first trump and then a few beers

snowstorm the deer tracks end by the cedar

bad directions somewhere gets us nowhere

1/2 priced calendars same amount of days

flake to flake santa's beard keeps growing

year of the rat and the 2020 election

space lost in lost space

   turkey    c a r     the grain going against me
              v        i
            n            g

Note: the shape will be askew for the word "carving" if you're looking at this on a cellphone. It will look like..."turkey car the grain going against me ving." :)

the driving rain
                       the chevy rust
                                             the dead leaves

watery eyes I'm allergic to the allergy medication

Railroad Grass

railroad grass how close is too close

tucked away in his winter boots a cricket's last song

intermission the rain never leaves the stage

lost ground a bald eagle soaring over the farm

cardinal blues in october dad's favorite team knocked out

warm afternoon a child gives me his airplane sticker

pretend smoke from cotton stuffed into a corncob pipe

exchanging stories the crows in denny's parking lot

fall afternoon the pirate wolf spider not exactly johnny depp

weather map my morning hair off the charts

the value of x

september's passage the value of 'x' is imaginary
friday the 13th walmart out of lucky charms
common buckeye the eerie stillness of a summer sidewalk
humming refrigerator to the tune of something's broken

dust motes night offers the prospect of invisibility
rock bluff clouds removing the gold from your face
exit sign the door is another window of opportunity
train station fly briefly landing on the conductor's hat

shadows of butterflies I remember mom and dad's anniversary

hot tears the past seeps into the present

early september the yellow rustle of old paper and faded cornstalks

over it over you over your head over the rainbow somewhere

tornado sirens every motion and emotion in the roiling sky

marooned by flash floods it's just me and the rain

daybreak the cedar siding battered by a woodpecker

Echoes Of Things I Never Said

crumbling paint with only a fraction of summer left

anonymous claims I don't know him

money gone "see how they run..."*

*line from Beatles, "Lady Madonna"

afternoon coolness meandering through a daydream

head made of blocks and other concrete forms of denial

wall talk I hear the echoes of things I never said

house wren changing sides as if this were her argument

tree face the bark has an edge to it

trash day my final warning from publisher's clearing house

T-shirt philosophy:

If you didn't earn it, you don't deserve it.
Work for want you want instead of wishing for it.

Area 51

wild turkeys debugging the grass

august crickets the incessant call of time after time

clockless nights the clouds surround me like family

greenland real estate I'm not buying his stories

delusional president will area 51 please take him back

stock market everything's for sale

windmill cancer let's fact check the air currents

raging storm there's nothing to do but wait it out

this chair


clearing skies under the trees the rain still falling

fields of goldenrod overtaking the dandelions

entitlement claws this chair belongs to the cat

sunrise showing its true colors

golden years just drop the g and you'll get there

flash flood watch I'm tired of repeats

trumpty dumpty maybe gone in twenty-twenty

relation ship it's too late to fix the titanic

loved ones remembered the new trail of tears from texas to ohio

weeds in high places the talk about gun control just talk

blank check grief is a debt that's never paid in full

crows crowing I shall not sleep past a certain hour

Year of the Gnats


july heat my budget down the drain with the plumbing bill

year of the gnats and other small uprisings

at the intersection of rain and cooler weather

faces I recognize in the wild clover

brush and bramble the political savvy of bloodsucking ticks

birthday wish I want a new president

progress and regress our time narrows

the bluebird's creed sing no matter how short the flight

garden club the daylilies meet by the roadside

summer territory the drones of cottonwood drifting by

solstice the floodwaters regain their strength

red wasp in the house my anxiety level ramps up a notch

rush hour traffic vultures circling overhead

firefly hitting the windshield how many die like this

fireworks in june the blues finally win the stanley cup

noise ordinance the blue jay in violation

purple storm clouds the city streets marred by violence

roommate sawing logs my morning eyes feel gritty

found haiku, cont.

pottery shop dust a young sales clerk with her arm in a cast

old weather vane spots of rust on a black horse

green fields and clouds of sheep painted on a watering can

halloween makeup only his eyes stay the same

2 a.m. at denny's the cook tapping out jingle bells with a spoon

locating a star I use the span of my hand to measure the sky

kimmswick trolley 3 clangs away from empty seats

bernadette on my bookmark the closest I've been to a saint

demoted to the sale shelf an angel with one wing

summer heat you know it's a funny thing he says without smiling

in through the out door because it's open

yellow moon I don't need a beer to feel good

junk mail the stick nest of wrens in the bluebird's house

candles and flashlights the scent of rain all around us

thunderstorm warning our house a blue dot in the red zone

brain fog my eyes a bloodshot roadmap of everything I've read

friday's meeting one foot of the park bench in the floodwater

Rainy Day Landscape

small hailstones linger around the toppled irises

may day a child snatching a maple seed from midair

spring break our contrails cross

thursday's mold count more than my yearly income

the unplanted corn the flooded fields the idle farms

sandbags becoming part of the landscape

squirrel fitness center a downed tree with a bird feeder

cold front the politician I trusted untrustworthy

rainy day rampage the rivers rage on

art class none of us paint like van gogh

Found Haiku

(I'm not sure if these were used in forgotten sequences or ones I never used or posted.)

lighthouse signal the drizzle of rain on my glasses
spring equinox his eye level with the marble
slow-down heat the turtle shows me how to get along
tv unplugged a guitar with some conversation
pre-birthday jitters I hide all the candles
darkness of winter with one less cloud to decipher
city stoplight one road turns into another
nowhere to somewhere how the trip starts
mom's memoirs the shoebox letters with cedar shavings
away from heidelberg the snow falling in the black forest

At Least Someone Knows How To Tweet

spring prayer in the name of the mother, child, and holy ghost
kidnapped girl's escape the hero with ill-fitting shoes and courage
mlk's dream defiled by the walls of prejudice
2020 elections I stock up on tums and ibuprofen
winter fluke how else could the LA rams win
red-shouldered hawk settling on the tallest sycamore
quiet mode I retreat inside another book
a tree bud's faith the days are getting longer
lake ice a couple of herons pairing up by the spillway
snow melt and other sources of inspiration
a chickadee's twitter at least someone knows how to tweet

new year's day a fog drifts in from last year's resolutions