Poetry for the Inner Ear

Haiku of Deeper Feelings human race extinction nuclear winter: humble believers survive all good comes from above shaman listens to to the sound: knocking at the sky past, present, today free sky never bothers I scratch thorn-thick tree and find unexpected waterfall mute syllables graven on stone still waiting to be heard by a shaman system to annihilate earth- industry of nuclear weapons with wildest nuclear arsenal they talk about peace in UNO: epitome of sadism a life well spent on writing haiku: more than paradise of all the poets none like basho his abode is my heart let your haiku fury fire terrorist take heed foe is invisible poetic fire dim muse drooping suicide bomber is here amid woods and meads river runs- silent nymph tyrants vex jew, chiristian, hindu admin. is indifferent beyond the world’s clutter wet grass and flowers- nature’s free gifts as I muse ...

Reading Myself one-line haiku “English-language haiku tend to be written in three lines, corresponding to the metrical division of Japanese haiku, but Japanese haiku are actually usually printed in a single vertical column. By way of analogy with this form, poets such as Matsuo Allard and Marlene Mountain began writing English haiku in a single horizontal line—and thanks to their efforts that form has become established in English as the major alternative to the typical three-liner.”-Allan Burns 1 open the strait gate to find endless beatitude 2 i drop the mask as I converse with cross 3 silence of evening is pious time 4 the great war ends and pestilence comes 5 wandering monk grows up doing nothing 6 simply my real self will make me live 7 adore jesus with your every breath 8 in the kingdom of jesus don’t abuse me 9 red rose feels lost in madding crowd 10 virtue is nailed at the cross, and Barabbas goes free 11 better than ...