Love haiku

Portrait of the poet as a clueless lad

Before I met you
I thought I was so darned cool.
Clueless, more like it.

Hometown Haiku

Southeast Elementary School, Grade 5, 1962-1963, Marshall Missouri

My dear old classmates,
so very innocent, and,
so very human.

Football and Love Haiku

Marshall High School Owls vs. Carthage Tigers, 1968. Missouri State 3A Semi-Final state tournament.
The real pain would come in the next game. Photo courtesy of Randy DeWitt.

If not for football
Or the women I have loved
I’d hardly know pain.

Hometown Haiku

Dad looks on as I fill the radiator of my old 1968 Ford Galaxie

Pop fixed everything.
Pity that talent wasn’t
hereditary.

Faith haiku

"Great Songs of the Church," shape-note hymnal

Faith of our forebears.
No organ. No liturgy.
Just Jesus. That’s all.

Haiku for my brothers

Four brothers at their last reunion

No way we could know
at this playful reunion,
it would be our last.

Haiku about poetry and life

Vintage photo of the municipal swimming pool in Marshall, Mo.
Municipal Pool, Marshall, MO (photo courtesy of Elizabeth DuBois Hokama)

Haiku about poetry and life

We’re playing a game,
calling out “Marco!” “Marco!”
just to hear “Polo!”

Hometown Haiku

Well over sixth, Dad built a barn by himself ...

 ~ Hometown Haiku ~

Well over sixty,
Dad built a barn by himself.
Now it, too, molders.

Hometown Haiku

All ready to sell

Hometown Haiku

All ready to sell,
the childhood house stands empty,
but for memories.