How do I explain
the flatness of Florida?
In so many ways.
Tag: micropoetry
Love Haiku
While you are away
thank God I have your pillow …
your fragrance lingers.
Florida Haiku
For a place rumored
to hold the Fountain of Youth,
folks are quite old here.
Respect for Elders: A Tanka
Made strong by hard times,
they stood up to tyrants,
and laid down their lives.
So sorely missed by us now,
the Greatest Generation.
Old San Juan Haiku
Ponce de Leon
searched for the fountain of youth.
He now, too, is dead.
Vieques Haiku
Mother’s love is pure,
even amidst the squalor,
love and life persist.
Vieques Haiku
I don’t think I’ve seen
so many blues, greens, blue-greens,
or green-blues — ever.
Vieques Haiku
Yes, in paradise
lest you forget suffering,
a thorn in the flesh.
A Haiku Prayer
Once upon a time,
when tyrants assailed the world …
there rose up heroes.
Love Haiku
Before you met me
you seemed so cool and carefree …
and a bit badass.
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