senryu group (some very good ones//a ryubun in there too)

after midnight

dent 

in a beer can

scream in night

dim lights 

of convenience store

orphaned—

today i return 

a torn blouse

buying a shoji...

hearing neighbor's argument 

thru thin walls 

*a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a lattice frame

[Endor Outdoor] 

it was the same dream: translucent fish swimming through his skin, and he; always with that spooked look in his eyes. later my day would start and i'd move through it-numb and untouched. 

no *Endor witch

these days spirits

avoid me

*1 Sam 28

trumpet gathering dust

so much 

ive outgrown

antsy...

thumbing through book 

don't really like

woman's newborn—

guess im not destined

to have kids...

spinnin' top 

and Lego blocks —

my Amazon order

rereading 

*Murata's senryu...

out of town trip

*Murata Shugyo, one of the 'Rokudaika,' (six great poets of senryu) (1889-1967)

herbs boiling

for a nice tea...

torn coloring book

random joy—

vacuuming 

the house

water out of

a dingy cup...

dad set in his ways

pou mo mourí popa...

(for my dead father...)

dead one 

would've been 66 yrs old...

crème brulée

windowasher's

dirty suds...

one moment into the other 

waiting for bus, homeless man's Baraka recitation 

*Amiri Baraka, great poet, educator, activist and member of the Black Arts Movement

wilting hyacinth...

its very easy 

to become cynical

seasoned mashed potatoes, still ignoring my father 

ease of day, again she begs me for a cigarette

baby's wrestle in womb: 3 am sweep of headlights 

dishman's chapped hands

back home to 

woman he don't love

torn curtain...

how to explain 'death'

to grandkid?

chameleon's tail

thinking to self

'when i was a kid...'