The Case of the Missing Adjective (poem 017-2021)

somewhere south of mint

across the street from vinyl

bathed in walnut

left for dread

sailing over byzantine

landing in clover

poppies swaying

 

sky (poem 016-2021)

cumulonimbus

five syllables simmering

Sunday afternoon

 

10 (poem 015-2021)

weeks months years

a versary

a cursory 

nursery

of wishes

devoutly

wished for

a dewy decimal system

10

point two

doo-wop

they do run run

they dew

they do

ooh aah

drip drop

splish splash

shine

upon a petal

masquerading

as skin

starblind (poem 014-2021)

look

through any window

this one not that

upon a windshield

glint splash flash

wildfire light

blind blinding blinded

folded felled

the light fantastic

going going gone

then reprise

if you please 

screenshot (poem 013-2021)

who are you

wanted: dead or alive

a fly on the screen

is that wind

or life

trembling wings

wavering legs

show me a sign

sneeze or something

wink or rub

your appendages

in ancient ritual

pose or perish

fly away

there's my answer

you never needed one

 

Fillmore Glen steps (poem 012-2021)

flagstone

slate steep

up by one

up again

gorge trail

footstretch

ankle bend

breath theft

upward rockward

rail-free

thigh thrust

inch up

 

down 

 

is

so

easy

haiku of an afternoon (poem 011-2021)

 

magnetic Morse Code

touch dot dash skin heart dash dot

galvanic you me