Poetry for the Inner Ear

Karl Homolka and Julie Schenecker: The Catastrophe 1. Beware of  child killer  Karla Homolka drugging, raping, torturing, kiling young girls Beware of Julie Schenecker killing her teen-age children From such despair Thou alone canst free! In the midst of all chaos and violence I sing unnoticed Kissed by cross. Devil fierce as ten Furies Terror can go no further Than Sept 11 Ah heaven! Terror may rise again On the forehead Bible mantra Psychic elevator To conquer the fiend iii. Invisible malaise Nuclear rain Heart of hell Tenanted by Satan How senseless nations have been The golden key is the Second Coming Sweetest savior is not coming My love is His Second Coming The hunger for him And the adoring iv. Spell-bound I wait for Him To alter state of mind Of Honolka and Julie Schenecker For renascence of nonviolence To prevent shooting at Nebaska school

A Dialogue of Haiku and Soul My Soul. Haiku, a zen-christian pilgrimage, Stares at nature It is always there in kigo Haiku. Season words Holy seven Not mandatory Two world wars Sept11 , Iraq war, nuclear arsenal New subjects for haiku More important is I yield! I yield! A moment’s intuition My Soul. Enveloping openness Receptivity is haiku Awareness of emptiness All creeds All schools of philosophy Originate in haiku Haiku spirit doing its best To kill you, to resurrect you: Haiku moment My Soul. shape-shifting Emblem of ego destruction First glimpse of alternate realities Haiku. I’m a way of life For basho busan Issa and shiki My Soul. Remember Basho’s masterpiece Old Pond Full-throated outburst Perfect singing god Haiku. Not merely a game of wit Learn from Basho’s Narrow Roads to the Interior Learn from Busan Combine Painting with haiku My Soul. Dance in the sky A moment’s intuition of emptiness ...