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Tag Archives: haiku

You Are The Sky

Posted on October 17, 2020 by starfish

Fingers trailing stars
across the back of your hand:
you are the sky.

Posted in poetry and short prose, space | Tagged haiku

Spring Haiku

Posted on April 13, 2020 by starfish

straight from the tree’s mouth
spelled out in bark and branches
tales of springtides past

Posted in natural, poetry and short prose | Tagged haiku, spring, springtime

Word Hunger

Posted on April 7, 2020 by starfish

I’m hungry for words
like candy, like licorice,
trying to lick clouds

Posted in poetry and short prose | Tagged haiku

Encoding the World (Haiku)

Posted on January 21, 2019 by starfish

Encoding the world
in hexadecimal clouds
and binary rain.

 

 

Posted in poetry and short prose | Tagged haiku, rain

Word-Games Haiku

Posted on October 31, 2018 by starfish

Associations,
A word-game, taking turns;
Sometimes a wrong one.

Posted in poetry and short prose | Tagged haiku

Keep the stars in your heart.

Posted on July 26, 2016 by starfish

~

Don’t forget the stars
among the bright neon lights
keep your sense of wonder.

~

Posted in musings, poetry and short prose | Tagged city, haiku, neon lights, sense of wonder, stars | Leave a comment

Black stones, little sister

Posted on May 20, 2016 by starfish

~
Remember how we
followed the creek below shrubs
the land of black stones
~

Posted in my life, poetry and short prose | Tagged childhood, creek, haiku, memories, nature, stones | Leave a comment

Glass Walls

Posted on May 9, 2016 by starfish

People around me
Constantly I walk against
Invisible walls

Posted in poetry and short prose | Tagged haiku, walls | Leave a comment

White and Water

Posted on April 21, 2016 by starfish

Apple blossoms fall
like white stars in our dark nights
hands rippling water

Posted in poetry and short prose | Tagged apple blossoms, blossoms, haiku, ripples, stars, water | Leave a comment

Ink Dragon Haiku

Posted on November 19, 2015 by starfish

Half-dried ink dragon
awakens, stuck to  paper

cries/burns himself away.
~

Posted in poetry and short prose | Tagged dragon, haiku | Leave a comment

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