Once upon a time,
when tyrants assailed the world …
there rose up heroes.
Tag: Poem
Love Haiku
Before you met me
you seemed so cool and carefree …
and a bit badass.
Early Spring Haiku
Before I met you
I’d never stolen lilacs
for anyone else.
Hometown haiku
The calloused farmer
cradles his newly born son,
awkwardly tender.
Hometown haiku
Who would have thought it —
my old neighbor does so well
they rename the street?
Love haiku
Before I met you
I thought I was so darned cool.
Clueless, more like it.
Hometown Haiku
My dear old classmates,
so very innocent, and,
so very human.
Automobile Haiku
From an early age
I was taught that modern truth:
The car makes the man.
Love Haiku
What was it really
that overcame your heart’s fear
when you fell for me?
Love Haiku
Your grandmother said,
“You want to find a good man?
Go to church, honey.”
Poetic Champions 