Sleepless

Cricket songs grace the night air
mingling with the rush of rain
and the leaky toilet.
Your snoring subsides
 to uneven breathing
while I lay in the dark
eyes wide open
forgetting what it feels like
to sleep, to dream,  to rest
or remember how.

Solitude

Solitude of night

Dark peppered with intrusive 


Dripping of faucet 

 2/2/2012

Looking Back

beneath uncut grass

abandon tricycle rusts

childhood long vanished

underneath the boughs

forgotten tree house decays

remnant of passage

A Few of My Haiku

frozen stream released
from winter's lingering spell
gushes mightily

dragonflies take wing
over algae covered pond
dancing among cattails

trees encased in ice
shining silver in sunlight
reflecting rainbows

in the garbage can
among yesterday's blossoms

one green flower bud

new moon rising
silver tipped mist lingers
petals and tears fall

Haiku

loud snores echo
mosquito whines in my ear
I curse you both