william blake mandolin haiku

awake in the night
tiger maple burning bright
scroll-ful symmetry

mandolin wear n' tear haiku

lustrous shiny back
glassy-smooth grip up the neck
soundboard chewed to bits

machete haiku

light in the forest
through dense swathes of undergrowth
bra'wee machete

(the "machete" is a small, 4-stringed instrument, very much like a ukulele.)

good fortune haiku

reservoirs of luck
wet foot prints left in the dark
serendipity

cornwall connecticut haiku

i missed the weddings
births, affairs and divorces
funerals can wait

diane arbus haiku

imagine being
subject to her camera
and living with it

usa weather report haiku

mid-west was "pleasant"
up north by the lakes was "cool"
down south it was "nice"