Sometimes I play at loose haiku, the way others do sudoku. I find the necessity for precision fun even though I usually fail at it. Here are some flailings….
on finding a bird’s feathers on the sidewalk:
spill across broken sidewalk
is it a crime if no one sees it
OR
I’d dust for prints
but a cat’s small smile tells all
OR
feathers spill across sidewalk
dove grey black tipped
a meow hangs in the air
Houston’s mild winters bring so many birds.
At the sight of hundreds on the electric lines:
sullen overcast skies
are broken by a hundred dark wings beating
against a grey wool twilight
OR
they dip and dive against
grey wool skies and settle on the
lines….winter’s begun
I read your first book in the 80’s in HS. I love your work. Have you considered putting them on the big screen? They would make wonderful films!
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