Tag Archives: Haiku

legs like pistons

Posted on June 7, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Journey (Tanka) I mounted my bike.I pedaled all through the night.Legs like pistons pumped.I arrived where I began.Journey is destination. What I’m Reading: “… if discontent is your disease, travel is medicine. It resensitizes. It opens you up to … Continue reading →

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i ogle them

Posted on May 29, 2023 by istsfor manity

Your Lupines (Haiku) Your lupines are mine;Mine, because I ogle them—Lasciviously. What I’m Reading: “as always i am an ungrateful child, a student  first of ingratitude. ungracious as a wasp.” — Sam Sax / “Pedagogy”

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deep in dis-ease

Posted on May 24, 2023 by istsfor manity

Interlude IV (Dis-ease+Water Tanka) Lower the lifeboats—We tread nose-deep in dis-ease—Lifelines beyond us.We roil dark water and sink.The mermaids sing for no one. What I’m Reading: “I’ve spent my entire life living on a fault line / I know all … Continue reading →

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make lemonade tomorrow

Posted on May 20, 2023 by istsfor manity

delusion lemonade (tanka) another year deadanother dread come to passanother dashed hopeas you drift to sleep you wretch— make lemonade tomorrow What I’m Reading: “But those were good days … and now like everything else, the cigarettes and the wine … Continue reading →

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on hamster wheels

Posted on May 17, 2023 by istsfor manity

plastic interiors (tanka) d.i.y. unitspitter patter and twittervariable speedswe move but we do not walkon hamster wheels for humans What I’m Reading: “Outside, even the sun-god, dressed in this lifeas a lizard, abruptly riseson stiff legs and descends blasé toward … Continue reading →

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the gap’s gap

Posted on May 9, 2023 by istsfor manity

ouroboros (tanka) a gap in the nodethen a node in the gap’s gapthen cycle againthe beginning is the endthe end is the beginning What I’m Reading: “My fallopian arms have lostthe power to draw miracles from her fingersat her own … Continue reading →

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jaw-dropping neighborly

Posted on May 6, 2023 by istsfor manity

lemmings sound (found tanka) haircut locals fray,cowlick, tangle, and split-endat the seams that bind —courtyard sector loggerheadsjaw-dropping neighborly love. What I’m Reading: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” — Haruki Murakami / What I Talk About When I Talk About … Continue reading →

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dip a toe

Posted on May 2, 2023 by istsfor manity

dare (haiku) dare to dip a toeinto your unconscious mindit may free your ass What I’m Reading: “Do not distract it from its purpose,which is to feel everything it can find.” — Rebecca Lindenberg / “The Splendid Body”

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end is near

Posted on April 22, 2023 by istsfor manity

iguana splatter (haiku) iguana splatter—weathered and desiccated—the end speeds at us What I’m Reading: “The end, it’s moving toward us.” —John James / “Lullaby”

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lifetime’s dashed hopes

Posted on April 1, 2023 by istsfor manity

dashed (haiku) counting his fortuneshe amassed a lifetime’s dashedhopes and dreams deferred What I’m Reading: “Dusk—and the shimmer on the seahas quickened and gone still.” — N. Scott Momaday / “Hotel 1829”

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