Dream Baby Haiku

Old Long Since

2012-01-01T14:30:00.000-08:00

The groves in my brain
Are deep from following you
Ritual folly

Singing on the Night Train Home for the Holidays

2011-12-31T12:24:00.000-08:00

Sad to cut down trees
But trimming makes them holy
All so beautiful

Substitute

2011-12-22T14:26:00.000-08:00

Making friendly love
With Robert Downey Jr.
But he became you

How Wonderful This Life

2011-12-08T17:08:00.000-08:00

Reading every night

Head falls to my shoulder, sleeps

Eyelids like blue lace

Re-writing the Narrative

2011-11-01T14:37:00.000-07:00

Only old lost friends
All it was, will ever be
No connection more

Second Week of Kindergarten

2011-08-29T06:01:00.000-07:00

"It's great. I love it.
We've had art and P.E. twice.
My favorite is math."

New Job Ideas

2011-07-13T07:51:00.000-07:00

"I want to sell rugs."
"Can I play at Wimbledon
On TV someday?"

New Gmail Thinks We're Still Contacts

2011-06-30T07:18:00.000-07:00

Sitting at the park
You've decided to go home
A good idea

Terrible Things Out of a Six Year Old's Mouth

2011-06-21T08:22:00.000-07:00

"You think I'm stupid."
"Now I want to kill myself."
"How can you love me?"

Mission to be Yummy and Sweet

2011-06-17T07:10:00.000-07:00

"What is the mission
Of a mission fig, mommy?
I know...to be sweet!"

His Sacred Body

2011-06-08T06:30:00.000-07:00

Bones and blood and flesh
Needing better attention
Than life's been giving

The Book of My Life in My Mind

2011-05-10T05:26:00.000-07:00

"Each year a chapter
And every day is a page
I am the author."

X Files Comfort Moment, or, I Used to Know Famous People

2011-05-04T06:38:00.000-07:00

Gave me a warm hug
The Gillian Anderson
She remembered me

Half Past Poets

2011-04-30T21:02:00.000-07:00

Words we thought were true
Writing about me and you
Meaning collapses

Natural First Communion

2011-04-28T17:58:00.000-07:00

Three seats in the front
Come with wafer and chalice
On Easter Sunday

My Strong Man

2011-04-10T06:14:00.000-07:00

Gets back on his feet
Travels to the Great White North
Fear, just a sliver

Unrequited Infidelity

2011-04-05T14:55:00.000-07:00

The ultimate waste
Key economic driver
Desire deferred

Don't Love Me Too Much, Mommy

2011-04-01T18:52:00.000-07:00

"If you do, I will
turn into little floating
Valentine's Day hearts."

Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Experience

2011-03-13T07:56:00.000-07:00

"God is the father
And the son because they share
The same DNA."

'Cause You Stink

2011-03-10T21:33:00.000-08:00

"No, I don't. I smell
pure as a pearl at the bot-
tom of the ocean."

A Great Marriage

2011-02-17T07:25:00.000-08:00

Forgiveness and joy
Basking in the little things
Sharing one success

Bridge Building

2011-02-10T02:42:00.000-08:00

Across the darkness
Viaduct of weathered stone
I reach out to you

This Is How Life Is

2011-02-10T02:40:00.000-08:00

"You start in Heaven
Then you come down and live life
Then you go back there."

This I Know

2011-01-18T07:22:00.000-08:00

My mind is for now
Our soul is forever one
Loving everything

The Restaurant of Mommy

2011-01-18T07:15:00.000-08:00

"I love it so much.
Appetizers and movies
Everything is good."

Getting Better all the Time

2011-01-16T08:55:00.000-08:00

Scorn, grill, and startle
Shower makes a fine retreat
This time he backs off

Nice Visit

2011-01-15T07:21:00.000-08:00

Give love without want
We can't be ashamed of love
Take care of ourselves

You: Happy, Healthy

2011-01-10T21:38:00.000-08:00

Lecturing the crowd
Gave back your secret journals
Cupping your knuckles

The Littlest Marriage Counselor

2011-01-10T18:35:00.000-08:00

"You shouldn't fight back.
Just take deep breaths in and out
And do the hula."

Not Like the Jetsons

2011-01-09T16:28:00.000-08:00

"I hope the future
Is just like today, so we
Can take a nice walk."

This Is What I Thought:

2010-12-29T08:07:00.001-08:00

You are a "real man"
Doing the right and good thing
By staying away

Ran Into You at the Bookstore. You Looked Drunk. I Wanted to Say:

2010-12-29T08:00:00.001-08:00

Do not be afraid.
Let go of pain and pity.
You are loved always.

Benjamin Buttons On A String

2010-12-28T23:45:00.000-08:00

Love works the same way
Backwards or forwards, apart
Together so brief

World Without Words

2010-12-27T06:40:00.000-08:00

So. He cannot read.
And I am still a writer.
Print does not matter.

The Velveteen Rabbit Is About:

2010-12-17T18:20:00.000-08:00

"Imagination;
Friends; Love; The Christmas Spirit;
And the rabbit, too."

Breathe With Grace

2010-12-15T07:30:00.000-08:00

"I am so grateful."
"Things could have been so much worse."
"You're doing quite good."

When the Vessels Burst, the Blood Poisons the Cells

2010-12-14T13:33:00.000-08:00

"Why am I dizzy?"
"Well, you have blood in your brain."
"Oh, that? That's nothing!"

He Understands With Compassion

2010-12-07T06:35:00.000-08:00

"Well, he's treating you
Like a little girl instead
Of a grown woman."

Now the Tables are Turned

2010-12-05T18:01:00.000-08:00

Nights in ICU
Imagining worst outcomes
I'm the one who snaps

Bohemian Rhapsody

2010-12-05T17:56:00.000-08:00

Enticing thickness
Blonde freedom with no heart strings
Someone else's life

A Strange Lesson in Change

2010-12-05T17:53:00.000-08:00

"You know about change?
Some parts are good and some aren't.
Mostly, change is sad."

Resonances from Twenty Years Ago

2010-11-26T18:07:00.000-08:00

Won't be our parents.
We don't want to compromise.
We still feel guilty.

Sammelshon's Simple Cure for Romanticism via Brilliant Joseph Skibell

2010-11-17T06:19:00.000-08:00

If you hear pure love
Weeping in a secret place
Turn your back and run

Instant Replay in Dreamtime

2010-11-17T06:08:00.000-08:00

You and your friend come
To take me to foreign lands
Again, I refuse

No More Past Lives, Okay?

2010-11-17T04:11:00.000-08:00

I need to live life
As if this is my last one
Release this old soul

Such Bitter Fleeting Sweetness

2010-11-15T05:34:00.000-08:00

When his voice is soft
It is strong like an angel
Leading me to peace

Other Side of the Fragments

2010-11-13T06:12:00.000-08:00

Don't understand me
Always getting your own way
Repeating yourself

Why You Need to Eat Your Dinner

2010-11-12T15:27:00.000-08:00

"Well, tell me again
What you said to correct me —
Why it's good for me..."

An Unwanted Spoon

2010-11-12T07:00:00.000-08:00

His Bolshevik style
Pressing the issue always
Against my back thigh

Drawing Invisible Boundaries

2010-11-12T06:35:00.000-08:00

Best magic power
A female can exercise
Is just saying no

Fragments to Remember

2010-11-12T05:17:00.000-08:00

Calls me an asshole
There is something wrong with me
Go do what I want

Crying Over Split Monkey

2010-11-10T07:40:00.000-08:00

Quick funny creature
I accidentally broke it
By hugging too tight

The Eternal Human Condition

2010-11-06T10:51:00.000-07:00

Are we Narcissus
Loving the part of ourselves
Which is really That?

Like The Academy Awards, Only Smaller Scale and Much Rounder

2010-11-02T04:51:00.000-07:00

Proud of everyone
Together through truth of art
My work recognized

The Sweet, Self-Deprecating Sexism of Russo's "Straight Man"

2010-11-02T04:32:00.000-07:00

"To make her feel good..."
Is why it's okay to flirt
With crazy women

Focus vs. Obsession

2010-10-28T06:01:00.000-07:00

Like a sponge, they say;
A nuclear power plant.
Choose to use it well

Meeting Your Inner Child

2010-10-28T05:48:00.000-07:00

He came to see me
8 years old and wild, wide-eyed
Hungry and confused

Can't Remember Your Eye Color

2010-10-26T07:05:00.000-07:00

Up towards the tower
Circling like an osprey
Again, I retreat

Mommy, You Have To Learn...

2010-10-23T16:47:00.000-07:00

"...this thing about life —
There are things that you can do,
And things that you can't."

Honeymoon Flashback

2010-10-22T15:37:00.000-07:00

19 years ago
Same campsite by man made lake
Nothing's changed, with child

Yin, Yang, Zen... Fail!

2010-10-17T02:35:00.000-07:00

Toothpaste and coffee
Cannot escape crazy thoughts
Utterly human

American vs. European and Russian Anti-heroines

2010-10-16T06:29:00.000-07:00

Emma and Anna
Take a hint from Hester Prynne
Good deeds eclipse sin

The Endurable Wonder of It All

2010-10-15T05:39:00.000-07:00

If you had a dream
Balloons bursting in heaven
Would it be a gift?

Treatment for Chronic Blove Clots (Bad+Love)

2010-10-07T05:29:00.000-07:00

Those cold hard dark rocks
Grown from habits of despair
Dissolve, then absorb

Daddy's Big Small Birthday

2010-10-06T21:44:00.000-07:00

Buca de Beppo
Neil Young and Daniel Lanois
A contented smile

Nightmare...nightmare...nightmare...

2010-10-05T07:27:00.000-07:00

Wake gasping for breath
A horrible disaster
Don't remember what

New "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up"

2010-10-05T05:41:00.000-07:00

"Anthropologist/
Scientist/Astronaut who
finds another Earth"

Why Worry is Imagination Misused

2010-10-04T07:50:00.000-07:00

I do realize
That the advice I give to you
Is really for me.

He Gets It Already, On His Second Creative Drama Session

2010-10-02T06:41:00.000-07:00

"Well, what I learned was...
The secret of an actor.
It is not to act."

On Being a Playwright

2010-10-01T19:28:00.001-07:00

Torn between the gods
Of written and spoken art
My entire life

Re-inventing Ophelia

2010-09-25T08:52:00.000-07:00

Courage to survive
Escape to the nunnery
Bear Hamlet's baby

Not Better Off Financially Dead Than Alive

2010-09-25T04:21:00.000-07:00

Maybe our net worth
Is not the best measure
Of a good marriage

Echo and Narcissus Heal Themselves

2010-09-24T04:53:00.000-07:00

Her recycled voice
His sad petals by the pond
Wake up and get real

A Sea Teaming with Multi-horned Dinosaurs

2010-09-23T06:08:00.000-07:00

Old theatre teacher
Showing off his retirement
Condo with a view

Is There Any Real Difference Between a Wish and a Prayer and a Dream?

2010-09-21T05:23:00.001-07:00

Good meditation
Open the rusty heart gates
Holding mother's hands

Nobody Can Have Too Much Love

2010-09-20T07:04:00.000-07:00

"Kissing you too much?
Am I hugging you too tight?"
"No, silly mommy..."

A Prayer for Christopher Hitchens

2010-09-20T06:13:00.000-07:00

May your body heal
The unbearable greyness
Oh, what thoughts you'd find

New Definition of True Love

2010-09-18T06:02:00.000-07:00

To be fully known
And appreciated completely
Fully know in return

Small Personal Triumphs of "Cyrus"

2010-09-17T04:23:00.000-07:00

My college classmate
My former writing student
A hopeful ending!

How to Heal a Broken Heart

2010-09-17T04:12:00.000-07:00

Aching red balloon
Ever-so-gently: release
Up, back to heaven

Lessons in The Digestive System

2010-09-16T05:09:00.000-07:00

"Snot can protect you
If you're covered in acid
So you don't get burned."

Trumping Freud, in the Style of Carolyn Knapp

2010-09-15T04:14:00.000-07:00

"...ways that women want."
Not what...need to redefine
Be more loving moms

Power, Sex and Money are Only Games

2010-09-11T02:43:00.000-07:00

A pale pink liquid
Teach to open up your throat
Catharsis and quit

Dreamt about Alex or Jones...but it wasn't Alex Jones

2010-09-09T05:13:00.000-07:00

Came to sell matches
To the university
"You've done well," he said.

Visiting the Texas White House

2010-08-29T04:54:00.000-07:00

"Dad, I like this house.
Can we buy this house someday?
Barn and cars, airplane..."

Foreign Language Terrorism

2010-08-29T04:19:00.000-07:00

Breaks into office
Holding me hostage with guilt
Must produce phenomes!

Don't Go To Work Mommy...

2010-08-26T05:18:00.000-07:00

"I don't want you to.
When you're gone it's like you're dead...
Never coming back."

The Last Dream I Had About You

2010-08-25T08:18:00.000-07:00

Near revolving doors
Climb out of water lilies
Smile and walk away

A Last Request Fulfilled

2010-08-10T06:16:00.000-07:00

Professor Daddy
In his smart rust tweed jacket
A perfect sandwich

The Metaphor of "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus"

2010-08-06T05:45:00.000-07:00

Lured by hairy men
Insecure in your beauty
Desire self-destructs

Mommy, Who Will I Marry?

2010-07-30T19:44:00.000-07:00

"What about Judy?"
"Astronaut Buzz Aldrin?" No.
"Just an idea."

Mutton Busting

2010-07-09T07:32:00.000-07:00

"Okay." I will ride
The back of a full grown sheep
Until I fall off.

Good Network Guys Make Me Feel Safe

2010-07-08T06:01:00.000-07:00

A birthday present
Grown cat in a doughnut box
It purred and they smiled

The Trouble with Vanity

2010-06-19T07:28:00.000-07:00

Plastic surgery
Slices in stripes though my face
Doc's flesh is rotting...

All Things Must End

2010-06-19T07:24:00.000-07:00

Death walks in, white mask
"Hell no. Go away," I say.
He says, "I'll be back."

I Dreamt I Was Water

2010-06-11T08:44:00.000-07:00

"Baby water
Going down a calm river
Rushing waterfall"

For Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor

2010-06-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

My mother loved you
Drunken with the reckless want
Love portrayed that way

The End of "The Road"

2010-05-28T06:30:00.000-07:00

Apocalypse fears
Could be any time of pain
Hope must be the choice

You Should Be In The Guinness Book of World Records

2010-05-20T18:53:00.000-07:00

"Aw, Mommy. You're the
Goodest funniest person
In the whole wide world."

P.S. Daddy's the nicest and funniest.

Flight of the Bumble Bee

2010-05-19T06:44:00.000-07:00

A small dark office
Ignoring what's created
Except for the self