marlene mountain
(TN, USA) & Michelle V. Alkerton (Lohnes) (ON, Canada)
linked
haiku 5/7/1999-5/17/1999
'around a
tree'
rescuer: baby curled around a tree her little face in the
mud
grass stained knees
weeding done for today
company
coming no idea how a clean-up begins in such crone digs
the
antique store closes door chimes echo behind me
in a wrinkled shirt with a couple
of buttons the new bamboo
waffle
cone drips from double scoop of chocolate swirl
gold candy wrapper tangled amid the
hotel's dirty sheets
the
thousands on borders who live in tents if 'lucky'
last
log on the bonfire sharing ghost stories and a tin cup
kids
with several mothers fathers grandparents and halves
each segment of grapefruit topped with
sugar and puckered lips
her
voice harsher as she cuts back on prozac
walk in bitter wind his football
shoulders blocking me
run-down
both my squeaky pickup and its owner
the middle stair always announces
comings and goings
just
that a fleeting idea for a painting series
monarch butterfly brief quiver over
unplayed piano keys
transplanted
may apple semi-guilt
what
i wanted yesterday all i can find in today's rummagings
folding
his baby clothes packed box for the needy
every
detail exploited for ratings 'wounded student update'
final
report card summer begins with sigh of relief
indifference
to an editor's yes/no the poem already written
after
the ink dries fresh frame of mind
the
pond rain-clean a warm-bodied timidity keeps me on edge
fourth
grade outing empty juice box filled with polywogs
hey
'potatoe' guy do your family values thing in a spelling bee
pressed
between pages with zap and zebu a red maple leaf
i
forget this is the information age forget to search the web
mid
sentence to realize beginning is lost
rusty hinges brown streaks flow down
the door jamb
old
story dumb dumber dumbest running the world
distorting history with humour artist
rendition in caricature
nature
just nature vs competition as -ologies preach
east coast rocks tar forms the jagged
profile of an elder
the
heat clothes huddled on the washer drying
©1999 by marlene mountain & Michelle
V. Alkerton (Lohnes)