Haiku’s March 2012 

1.
crows
=====
the large black wings of a
crow flapping against the silence
Of an empty midday’s sky


2.
an old pond in the woods
========================
sitting by an old pond
forgotten by this modern world
the water is silent


3.
back porches at night
=====================
eerily beautiful
the tall grass is swaying in the wind
as the wind chimes sound


4.
Wine
====
a bottle of wine
left out to breathe on the table
-these lonely drinks


5.
the long walk home
==================
the seasons last snowfall
harsh cold air burning our lungs
-winter dies screaming


6.
smoking my pipe
===============
smoke billowing as the
tobacco smolders in my bowl
my mind goes wandering


7.
lost
====
every single thing
I once had was lost more than
a lifetime ago


8.
choose your words
=================
as we sit here and talk
all the words behind my confessions
lapses in judgment


9.
the forest at night
===================
my footsteps trail off
into the shadows as the forest
comes alive at night


10.
reflections over a smoke
========================
smoking this old pipe
sitting patiently in my chair
I’m growing older


11.
addiction
=========
I’ve managed to
fritter the whole day away with
these little angry birds


12.
Life
====
Nobody wins
every body loses
and for what?


13.
Prayers
=======
distant prayers
flickering in the night like candles
but we all turn to dust


14.
a growing apathy
================
my day begins an
echo of yesterday sipping my
coffee I pretend care


15.
someone I used to be
====================
dwelling in a life
made up of the hopes & dreams of
someone I used to be



16.
the city at night
=================
a frigid cold wind
silently whispers as I pass
Desolate city streets


17.
beneath this tree
frustrations warping calmly,
around a smoke


18.
a fine quality
===========
Elegant things
exhibit refined grace and
dignified propriety


19.
whispers of wisdom
==================
don’t think about how
your feet are chained to the earth
when your hands can reach the sky


20.
I’m sitting on the
ground and thinking of the day ahead
with a vacant stare

Haiku’s April 2012 

1.
looking at my roof…
==================
leaking roof-
an old pot fills
with rainwater


2.
-old tomcat
purring in the moonlight
on the front step


3.
resting awhile
on Basho’s death poem-
my thoughts


4.
-a long ride home,
the bruises blossoming purple
on your skin


5.
the morning walk
================
sunrise…
song birds sing
in the trees


6.
stories in blood
================
as we write our stories
all the pages of our book written
in the blood of the scribe


7.
trapped in the boundless
whimsy of frayed dreams a tongue
pregnant with ideas


8.
Oshawa dinner jacket
====================
his eyes bared the mark
of hard times, flannel shirts,
and bus transfers


9.
Necropolis (pt.2)
=================
rotting city-
the steady pulsing
of maggots


10.
a long procession
of flowers growing by the walkway
-a moment’s treasure


11.
her voice
=========
the wind was whistling in the
trees as the echos of her voice
haunted the atmosphere


12.
the sounds of her laughter
in the night rises like steam and
gets caught in the moonlight


13.
Opiate
======
poppies grow-
children rot away
in the streets


14.

downtown…
========
city streets,
a hooker darting
between cars


15.
the doldrums of our
reality set in and turn my
thoughts into a grey mist


16.
people that are worth
the effort you put into them
-a very rare bird


17.
the cold air and steady
sounds of pouring rain summoning
echos of the day we met


18.
push harder, your pain
is the result of weakness and
frailty exiting the body


19.
Helmet
======
a peace sign
a soldiers helmet
man’s duality?


20.
to rise up and live
it’s a miracle I’ve avoided
it this long


21.
her eyes shine like
little emeralds in the night
like a dream made flesh

haiku’s May 2012 

1.

morning walk
============
drunk and stumbling through
the harsh light of this cold city street
-morning tradition

2.

the sky that hung like a tarp….
===============================
these dark grey clouds
hanging subtly amidst a summer sky
as a broken man dreams


3.
somedays
=========
I can’t tell if I
really care for people or merely
tolerate them

4.
I guess some people
weren’t meant to catch a break
and so life persists


5.
flowers blooming in the hills
like these thoughts of you that sprout
and take hold in my mind


6.
Inequity of words(pt.2)
===================
Often falling short
These words can be but meager things
-anxiety eats me alive

8.
spring night
============
The cool breezes of a
spring night carry memories of
the Lullabies you sang


9.
these songs on the edge of
my mind shimmer and dance before me
-the ghost of a melody


10.
the moon
========
A Cold wind whispered
through the trees in wonder At the
sight of the moon that night


11.
In the cold air of night
The light of the moon shines on me brightly
as Your image haunts me


12.
slave
=====
they use you like a
slave until your body gives out
and returns to the earth


13.
song birds
singing the morning’s
first song


14.
summer sun,
the steady pulse
of cicadas


15.
a friday in may
===============
memories of you
forever standing on the
edge of summer


16.
like shadows that dance…
========================
nightmares that visit
me in my bed pass by like
shadows that dance  


17.
tuesday….
=========
another morning
in the dim glow of the monitor
life is unfolding


18.
Middle-earth
============
out there in the
Forgotten lands of our middle earth
-Beauty unsurpassed


19.
this slow sinking life
was nothing more than a melody
in a minor key


20.
I don’t really get
uncomfortable I merely
bask in awkwardness


21.
Resentful glares
from across the room Painted our
souls with a greenish hue


22.
six
===
even my
life becomes dust
someday


23.
the truth of it was
often eclipsed by the lies her soul
regurgitated


24.
solitary…
=========
gathering the fragments
of a life in solitary
paintings hang on the wall…


25.
Of afternoon walks & the like
=============================
Walking barefoot in
the city during the hot sunny days
-the freedom of summer

My first feature :)

Haiku’s june 2012

1.
the midnight mud
————————
out here in the nights
cold air splayed out, a bleeding
stuck pig dying in the mud


2.
our neighborhood was thick
with the scent of freshly cut grass
the month drew to a close


3.
I’m sooo very bored
and in desperate need of
tobacco tonight…


4.
stagnant…
————-
as she spoke it was clear
that her tongue was only pregnant
with still born ideas


5.
nothing but moonshines…
———————————-
pigeons scatter as
the door swings open to the moonshines
that lull me to sleep


6.
in the evening shade
of an old oak tree this lowly man
dreams a hundred dreams


7.
Silent depression
gives birth to Thoughts in the night sky-
Life without you here


8.
witter away the hours
weaving words to wicker another
night lost in the mist


9.
Horror-ku
————-
morbid tentacles
the dying Echoes of a women’s scream
a corpse in the snow


10.
still life
—————
our worlds colliding
without even a sound…
-life frozen in words



11.
Blue
——
these visions of you
that passed me by in shades of blue
just Dreams within dreams


12.
summer wind
—————-
the awakened petals
of a flower dancing coyly
on the summer wind


13.
sipping a green tea
as I ponder upon the thoughts of
a grim task ahead


14.
distant prayers
———————-
distant prayers
flicker in the night
like candles


15.
The archeology of me
——————————
Digging up an
ancient city, The walls
are watching


16.
night song
—————
the passing sounds of
melodies Wafting on the nights breeze
-we all travel alone


17.
motivation
—————
The eternal dance
of ever circling Vultures
that’s all we need.


18.
elusive dream
——————-
clouds drift,
Like my memories
of sleep


19.
bottle
———
so very hollow
a bottle in the ocean
without a message


20.
in a reflection
———————-
a river’s water
can only reflect what it sees
streams of consciousness


21.
oh so quite…
——————
The pin-drop silence,
of a forlorn heart a-flutter
-Serenades the soul


22.
awaken…
———-
a single flower
awakens from an old dirt pot
- a lonely man

Haiku’s july 2012 

1.
I lay here in the streets
just a rotting carcass of
yesterdays dreams


2.
There’s still
Nothing new here,
but tomorrow


.3
standing in the warm
gentle light of the morning sun
Fields are full of life


.4
we sat out there on
the wharf dreaming of vast ancient seas
and forgotten lands


5.
roses are red,
violets are blue, today I don’t much
feel like writing haiku


6.
Creativity unfurls
in silent, subtle motions
sipping on hot tea


7.
In the sharp and vivid
colors of a deep azure sky
the forest quietly reflects


8.
Leafy Sea Dragon
camouflaged by pattern, shape,
colour and swaying


9.
silent whispers of
my journey through the stars
dwelt on the lips of fools


10.
I’m just a nightmare
and I’m sorry, but what is a
nail to a coffin?


11.
life
——
a stray bullet
riding upon the midnight mist of a
world swarming with words


12.
flesh eaters…
——————-
walking, rotted flesh
dragging their broken limbs behind,
deaths kiss blossomed

Haiku’s August 2012

1.
in the mourning light
——————————-
drinking malt liquor
as morning slowly crept in
the future expanding


2.
waiting…
————
tendrils of smoke
Curling out from a cigarette
unbroken silence


3.
the thing about people
is they’re always so messy when
you open them up


4.
The velvet notes of
her voice sounding in the night
Ringing out so lightly 


5.
the world cries silently
like the fleeting whisper of soul seeking
solace in the night sky


6.
aimless wanderer,
a summer breeze gazing up in
wonder at the night sky


7.
her laughter echoed
as the dancing shadows weaved
nightmares and dreams


8.
the calm night sky writes a
poem with darkness and star light
riddles and rebirth


9.
a cold nights breeze
——————————
cold nights breeze blowing
swiftly past an old park bench,
a restless dreamer wakes


10.
city lights
—————-
a warm summers breeze
silently whispers as I pass,
glowing city lights


11.
How it haunts me in my dreams
the way a summer sky calls to me
-Piercing my heart just like you


12.
night song
—————
crickets sang in the distance
as we strolled by the light of the moon  
-an ancient lullaby


13.
All leaves
will verily fall down
someday…


14.
Gray clouds gather and
fill the evening sky Slowly drop by drop the
rain begins to fall


15.
singing stars
——————-
as we sit here beneath
the moon even the stars in the night sky seem
to be singing your name


16.
65 Million Years in the Making…
———————————————-
ancient mosquito
enclosed in his amber tomb
Frozen still in time


17.
the smell of rain
————————-
the thick scent of fresh rain
hung in the air as gray clouds swallowed
her Blue Skies whole

Haiku’s september 2012

1.
Promises and dreams
just the pale words of a drunkard
that punctuated the night


2.
The last drink…
——————————-
Last drink of the day
The tilted view of an autumn field
endless moments in time


3.
our night
will fall soon
enough?


4.
dying sounds of summer
————————————————
laying here trapped in
the subtle sounds of dying summer
Sweet bitterness


5.
her sighs echoed on…
In this moment she was alive
and she could not regret.


6.
hole
———-
the hole where his heart had
been, filled with the sickly sweet scent of
a life you once knew


7.
strange, how the ebb and flow
of a thought can feel like a
rebirth and yet not 


8.
shadow play
————————
the forest floor
just a blank canvas to the
shadows of trees


9.
the endless voyages
of an afternoon lullaby
Swift winds of autumn


10.
I can’t seem to stem
the tide of an oncoming flood
-old dreams quickly fade


11.
he wore his
life’s story written
on his face


12.
your silver linings
mean absolutely shit to me
-the night remains as dark


13.
the moon shines down
emancipating memories
of the night you left us


14.
An emptiness crept in
——————————————
the cold dead ticking of
the clock dragged out across the æons
as We all die alone

Haiku’s October 2012 

1.
Disassembled parts
splayed out across the front lawn
-my growing apathy


2.
-Just a forgotten dream
Rain drops falling to the rhythm of tears
the coming storm rolls in


3.
failing forever
yet we continue to cling to our
dieing paradigms


4.
the whispers of kisses
reminding me that we existed
-Faded memories


5.
personal update
===============
she left last night
another year of my life
down the shit tubes


6.
an old stone Façade
===================
Sitting by an old stone
Façade one by one counting the cracks
-time takes its toll


7.
her knives ran deep
until all I saw was the static
-Winter Is Coming


8.
the apathy that rested
upon my ever blurring vision
An eerie silence


9.
sometimes
the only thing you need
is somebody


10.
Illuminations
of my sickly and despairing heart
-winters harsh chill

Haiku’s November 2012

1.
Disturbing thoughts and the long walk home…
=====================================
Thoughts wander in silence
dancing to the rhythm of the winter winds
Coffin nails and rust


2.
shedding a tear for a life I once lived
=============================
cleaned and gutted
a carcass rotting in the streets
—do you even care?


3.
heavy was the weight of
unspoken words that lingered
just upon his lips


4.
A candle in the night
flickering gently against darkness
-the morning fog rolls in


5.
smooth sinking feelings
=====================
lonely nights—
my only visitor was
the winter moon