Cocoon

Carnelian red

Against white cup of my hand

Never to grow wings.

Writer's Block

Jammed together

Like logs in the narrow pass

Of the brain's river.

Blossom Carnival

Cherry-tree balloons

Tethered to grass-green ground by

Gnarled ancient trunks

Starless Night

Wool of a black sheep

Wrap diamonds for safekeeping

Ready for fresh dark.

On Dealing With My Parents

Dear Head, meet Brick Wall.

Discuss, concuss, cuss, cuss, bleed.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Grey Day

Bore boring bored

Conjugate lost possibles

Blossoms without bees.

Windy Day

Wind clatters across

Banging looseness east to west

Rattling discontent.

Dada Haiku

Out of reach just there

Dangling tantalizing fruit

Hupsaba James Joyce

First Breath

Words like mosquitos

Brush the inside of my mind

Like a trapped breath.