marlene mountain (TN, USA) & Michelle V. Alkerton (Lohnes) (ON, Canada)

linked haiku 1/4/99-3/26/99

'on the moon'

'gross insensitivity to beliefs . . human remains on the moon'

bone worn driftwood curves into the dunes

jagged things appear in the snow that hangs around the shed

strung on a bent nail-- crystal teardrop

a thin pane of nothing between birds at the feeder and me

news flash...dust clouds surrounding planets

cold night my shovel scrapes a path through the silence

possums on the tin roof trash bags i thought safe

discarded pines brown needles drop in piles along the curb

millennium smillennium

missing the art show old calendar still hangs on the wall

'teen-age mom barred' from honor society

target practice 'no trespassing' sign full of holes

bible-inspired web site fake blood & hit-list

silken threads spun between rose bud and thorn

wallpaper music tonight its emotional tug

old man's profile edges outward shadows in peeling layers

afternoon nap the guilt of cozy quilts

short-term memory loss fuses with middle-term memory loss

fingertips trace feathered prints in rock

older than 'lucy' of course the dig-guys hope it's a guy

string tied to stakes for climbing beans

when 'long tall sally' was in i still can't dance a lick

closet cleaning red spike heels unworn in the box

'two brides 97 ministers in lesbian protest wedding' 68 & 63

hand-painted sign trimmed in white organza

whatever it hides the sales pitch is 'not from concentrate'

aquarium life transparent eggs beneath jagged rocks

'honor killing' her brother proud he did it ashamed of her

blood-lines blurred with each half sibling

stark night -- edges softened through fogged windows

massive systems crash fixed humbled now by chills

icy roof heaves resonant cracks unseen above our heads

fragmented mind some spots of green in ungreen spots

jigsaw puzzle thousand piece forest strewn over the table

whether flowers bloom the odor of earth in my ears

1m navajo president albert hale and mm

29m incident in pakistan

©1999 by marlene mountain & Michelle V. Alkerton (Lohnes)

Published 2000 in Art of Haiku 2000 p 38