https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/I celebrate the jewel-like beauty of Haiku, and try my own hand at the ancient art form. hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/497162lab coat ironed, I stroke this man-made entity purring with logic —Sarah Torribiohttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/477344lion of my dreams guard against dark thoughts and deeds shine like a lantern a whale with teeth like a golden sieve sang to me so sweetly last night moon pulls the tide like fishermen raise their nets fish jump like mercury pearls are clustered like fat white grapes in my secret drawer of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/471406candles burn gently flick hot tongues to test the air breathe a sigh of smoke fossils writhe, longing to float on tides, creep on rocks they miss their own time a map folds, hiding varicose tributaries this journey is old incense brings rhythmic clouds of holiness to my sarcophagus heart...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/460822pain imitates flame then cools to ash, seldom stirred God's great parlor trickhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/449662neighbor's rooster crows we're not even zoned for this strange urban morninghttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/444432oval window frames city lights like drowning stars worries close their eyeshttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/440807tea ceremony little plastic cups and plates geisha in diapershttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/440805horses flick their tails at plains crouched beneath thunder rancher hides insidehttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/440232confusion dissolves sun, tree sink into still night damp smell of perfecthttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/stbond4951/438262Rousoku no niou hina no amayo kana "A rainy night Of the Doll's Festival; Only the smell of candles."