marlene
mountain (TN, USA) Michelle V. Alkerton (Lohnes) (ON, Canada)
linked haiku (9/4/98-10/21/98)
'i find
oneline and you'
online
to find myself i find oneline and you
following the line of a mountain
down
in the dirt tangential art in a long rectangle
rock shapes the profile of a man
before
it hits everyone tired of the hurricane's name
each tree more distinct against the gray
quickly mixing paint pigments as the light fades
who
gets to smoke the cigar and which end
curl of the paperback cover when the reading is done
the
blues even my 'healing garden' blue
siamese cat and last week's garbage beside the ditch
hardly
odd no sighting of a big wild hairy female
two on the richter scale measures more in my stomach
24hournewscycle
a couple of questions over&over
answering the raven call women lost in foreign chant
ancient
intent in my body art of my female spirit
palm holding her memory smooth curves of cold stone
neglected
the wood stove no longer
wind
under the patched roof its green its silver its rust
random pattern of leaf stains underfoot
gathered
in a jar for an artist seeds of spider plants
armfuls of sheep wool to be spun
rumors
of scattered frost nonred tomatoes soup up the soup
each cold whisper a bad taste in my mouth
on
pain medication she tries to explain what kind of cancer
a cluster of five buds in this geranium family
surrounded
by my past no room in this tiny room for today
shaping the scrap of leftover foil
now
they're gay about the brutal murder of gay matthew
too many grim
reapers at the Hallowe'en bash
house in darkness
a figure climbs through broken window
the
media hang around to ask how did you feel
fingers rub the cameo necklace relief worn over time
snug
within nature's shevolution
slight sway of the chrysalis caught between changes
recovered
wetland & i wait for herons
©1998
by marlene mountain & Michelle V. Alkerton (Lohnes)