Haiku: Fall 2017

Ukiah Haiku:

      majestic beauty demands

our quiet worship

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Encouraging grass

      to grow stronger does not work

by shouting at weeds.

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30 miles from the ocean

     the fog still finds me;

memories damp and cold.

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  dreams

     as poems

forever                       floating

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The List

#3) make a poem

      using the word ‘imperial’.

check.

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Fall moon rises 

     to appreciate 

you

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Hidden symphony

     in a neighborhood tree. . . 

the dog signs his review.

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the kitchen window . . .

     outside, Fall leaves slowly turn;

inside, restless chores.

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computers

     connecting the planet . . .

pictures of dinner.

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It took a while

     but you can't hurt me anymore. . .

please stop trying

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pressure

     from years of neglect . . .

three middle shirt buttons

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Perfectly still

     guarding the moon rise--

dragon cloud.

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Your startled look

     leaving my dream--

the alarm.

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. . . and just like that

I thought of Harry Dean Stanton.

I was drunk; it made sense.

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Thirty thousand feet,

     three seats, four arm rests, six arms;

“Sit back and relax!”

Las Vegas to Oakland, October 2017

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cleared for departure

your hug

  my carry-on 

for Kelly, October 2017

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The traveler surprised 

     by midnight thunder. . .

Texas sleeps.

Aubrey, Texas, October 2017

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 I will not be

 the cause

of your cause.

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     She’s almost perfect:

     toilet paper rolls

under instead of over.

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  a benevolent king

     in a former life,

many princesses, no queen.

Alviso, October 2017

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Warm vacuum tubes,

     Princeton Reverb . . .

Smells Like Teen Spirit, 1965

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Truth:

 one news source

  no longer enough

Ken Owen

Van Niddy Press  October 2017