THE KNIFE-SHARP EDGE OF THE WORLD   He folds a page from the post-intelligencer in half. Look, this will be our house, he says, stooping in ...

Look out below The weather water is not frightful  it's wind and rain is bone chilling cold of winter will not provide a splinter In glo...

Lookout Windows  keep shades ajar to see  who might rise above.

What I Broke Out Of I said everything was just an empty shoebox to you when they contained gifts  I lovingly contemplated I’m not surprised ...

CLASSIC TEXAS I took a good look around my hometown of vacant lots and empty buildings but drove too slow and a policeman followed me in a p...

A look at the weather I look out at the back field the snow blowing sideways piling little drifts on the corners of my kitchen window I look...

The Moon Belongs to Everyone Walk you the gentle way The end must come No matter what joy or hardship is spent Take your ride without guilt ...

LOOK OUT FOR THAT TREE After a long day of swinging among the trees, I holed up in my reconfigured den for the duration. No one worth their ...

We reach the look out Sky expands limitless Evergreens spire tall against The mountain   We reach the look out Out of breath Longing for fir...

Landing A plane crashed on Sterling Place Brooklyn. 1960   128 passengers & six on the ground. Dead Couldn’t believe it.   My friend, Ar...

  ARREST The neighbors saw them, Late that night Pound at the door, Then break it in and enter. Moments later they came out, With an elderly...

Stepping Out “Next step” Get set “Step by step” Helps one dance “Step carefully” Make sure you see “Better watch your step” Advice or a thre...

Quadruple Haibun for Christmas Aurora Borealis, a shimmering illusion of nature. The sun slices through the icy veil of the sky. I am in an ...

Each of us Like You Has Died Once (H.D.*) 1. These days my worries conscript  new worries to march behind them,  lest I take a moment to re...

Skinny Jabs A weekly injection I take religiously because it’s the best shot I have to lose weight. The only shot I’m willing to risk some q...

A new day In the interim take my leave Of the material world Dreams and hopes Align How fortunate I  kiss  the daw n I   Sing a song It  is...

Solar Flare By all measure, you deserve the proven delights of this holiday season: sincere good wishes from your friends, foody indulgences...

SEASONAL ACTIVITIES Look out It's the season They are coming Find a place to hide Aim, fire Bulls eye Hearing shots Running noise One ch...

Breaking Waves S. wades out into that large placid lake where he sometimes tosses skipping stones. As he swims from shore, he realizes that ...

THE EARTH FEELS SAD (Haiku) World full of hatred Look how kindness rarely used Land of cruelty LIES OF POWER (Haiku)  Look at our leaders ...

A Special Place (Haiku)  Look out for the world It can be full of trauma Yet Earth is our home  Creative Possibilities (Haiku)  An artist ...

IN AND OUT I don't care; I'm going in the Out door Sometimes I get the "criminal" look from people I don't care; I...

Zenith As I rest here at the top of this mountain, the peak of this beautiful large rock, I sit and stare out in front of me in silence. I t...

Poodle Walks Every day I take the same walk Along the same sidewalks Smudged by deer and dog shit Up the same hill To a nearby neighborhood ...

SUN Look out the sparkling glass that shines Windows of sunlight surging in. Rainbow prisms rebound off sitting room walls, and Mirror refle...