Does your life mean so little to you? Would you truly surrender it for fortune and fame? Go down to the crossroads, then. Look back on the road from which you’ve come. Look ahead to the path before you. Glance right and left. Then straight ahead, once more. […]
4/13/19: midnight “After midnight…” sweat-soaked sheets and PM Tylenol #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriMo2019 13/30
Stained in front. A ridiculous grin bordering on offensive stereotype. Boistrous and irrelevant. But oh, so joyful! I saw the happy Buddha in a new age-esque boutique near the hotel in which we stayed. Earlier that day, we had ascended Mount Washington in New Hampshire via a tour […]
We arrive at the Notch Squad tent. Alison, a stocky, twenty-something woman smiles and greets us. A few moments later, she moves all of us—a handful of kids and parents—to Rigabello’s, since camp is on thunder watch. Only the building is locked. Huddled under a yawning as the […]
4/11/19: kiss “April fourth…” “One man betrayed with a kiss…” Phrase and fragment excerpted from “Pride” by U2 #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #NaPoWriMo2019 / #GloPoWriNo2019 11/30
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
