parental mistakes - haiku

parental mistakes
sewn inside the poet's coat
hoarded, rarely spent

la folia poems

I

dodecanese (lipsos)
...
sun-cast shadows
scented sheets
lavender and us
touch of skin
the day begins
sounds of being joyus

II

sons - no. 1
...
i am now
what you will be
you are what i have been

we will find
peace of mind
growing in
our garden


III

bread
...
our rise and undoing
and a world in between
is paring us back
to what we have been

one by one
endlessly
we rise and fall
in the empty sea

IV

gov. sarah palin
...
collusion with a priest
in protection from the witch
presupposes
belief they exist

if we all give the power to palin
will we all get the horror of salem?

music haiku

between the fingers
from one hand to another
so the music goes

media

please never find me
smiling at the camera
explaining, pleading

NSEW mandolin haiku

eastern light of dawn
falls upon my mandolin
songs of dark promise

sunshine from the west
light warming my mandolin
songs of thanksgiving

northern exposure
my mandolin is glowing
a cool containment

southern exposure
russet colored mandolin
cerulean sky

gayle williams haiku

idiots with guns
how to kill a smiling girl
taleban problem

siena haiku

jet trail in the sky
on the road to siena
slowly fades away