casablanca

snowy black and white
bergman absorbs bogart's face
raucous ad busts in

One Single Impression: stardust

jul

stone wheel stops its round
song of dank runic ages
miller wipes his nose

One Single Impression: a winter's day

ganzfeld

every ray of light
pierces my brain like a lance
damn variety

One Single Impression: distractions

eidolon

must be the music

santa in every scribble

synaesthesia

One Single Impression: doodles

powder

hemlocks backdrop wisps
otherwise invisible -
small hardships beguile

gilt

thanksgiving mince pies

no wrapping paper surfeit

perfect holiday

bones

surf burying feet

heels sinking: horizon dips

glints of wet mica

feral

potted jade plant brims

slurps in haste 'til saucer wells

moss silently waits

penible

s'il vous plait monsieur

ecrivez votre haiku

en français, en forme

tv

wetted plastic rocks

fountain pump electric hum

zen serenity

incivility

bob white: car doors lock

clink: bright keys smartly flourished

snap: treed plastic bags

grisaille

birch leaf points scrape mist

swirling grey becomes crystal

rough times clarify

gloss

poison ivy shines

with a mischievous luster

japanese lacquer

orange

nodding fir boughs hang

needles tipped with night rain drops

felt soles creak damply

wpa

gingko leaves flutter

scraped by yellowed concrete

the fruit bleeds odor

unwed

bachelor gingkos

one to an asphalt island;

pretend to give shade.

morning porch

right half of the Sun
spinning off light in long arcs...
my newspaper's damp


Photo credit: cohdra from morguefile.com

coterie

a circle of friends
celtic knot or mandala-
footpads' exemplar

mandala

the great womb of life
mandorla stands in tension:
something new revealed

crab

little bead eyeballs
swiveling around on stalks:
God made robots first

city twilight

bus fumes sink lower
gimbels handles cut through twine:
onion hallway blinks

One Single Impression: Prompt 51: Spectral

One Single Impression: Prompt 51: Spectral

Cafe Firenze: One Single Impression: Spectral

Cafe Firenze: One Single Impression: Spectral

I love the high relief this poem builds up for the word disappoint ~ = no appointment ~ never to be

ephemera

stunted "i wishes"
velleities one and all:
ouch! cut my finger

early spring

both
old
clocks
twitter
as
one
and
then
not:
my
breathing
becomes
ragged

legend: a seventeen onji monoku. It is vertical to mimic Japanese. Since it is now Early Spring in Kyoto, I will use twittering as my kigo. A colon indicates the kireji

early spring

both
old
clocks
twitter
as
one
and
then
not:
my
breathing
becomes
ragged

legend: a seventeen onji monoku. It is vertical to mimic Japanese. Since it is now Early Spring in Kyoto, I will use twittering as my kigo.
A colon indicates the kireji
The title is early spring

vide

ormolu horloge:
faux sentiments, et evide;
ne pas arreter

verandah

wild white bird visits
wood railing gray as ashes:
single chalky streak

extirpation

tendril fragments peep
shyly from stucco fissures;
ivy has no smell

theorem

three gold cones of light:
two eyes, one sun, converging?
gaspard monge floats free

calxes

scatter his ashes
between yacht races she said;
gritty ham sandwich

cellarage

kimchi stored out back
a couple few feet under;
hope we can find it

yahrzeit

tumbled churchyard stones,
i place pebbles at random;
sparks of remembrance

palynology

yay for bad old books
forgotten blooms pressed inside;
anthers pleated flat

january

brumal tang of salt:
wet mittens warm by the fire;
cheeks whipped by hood strings

blipvert

curtains of grey light
ripple through the smoky haze;
vinyl pads smolder

palette

parti-colored wrist
slopped with winsor & newton:
signed with dna

TumbleWords

luma

three tea lights diffract
through my New Year fireplace screen:
who's seeing - who's seen?

Monday Poetry Train Revisited

marche

piglet loves haycorns
mixed in with his lovely mash:
hogtied salami

Salumi marchiagiani

mojo

stars are workaday
blazing coastal semaphores
just gimme magic

pause

stand still, tilt your head;
snow flashes orange then blue dots:
drop your hands and breathe