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Marianna Monaco's Haiku
long walk home
kicking a stone
for company
bifocals -
the double pleasure
of seeing you again
what to hold
on to
what to let go -
moving day
yesterday's
words
dark along the edges
of my eraser
spring cleaning
-
as I empty the brass bowl
it fills with sound
autumn sunset
. . .
upended by the tide
the crab's hollow shell
stalled at the
crossroad -
shadows deepen the dents
on the old Volkswagen
windmill
unmoved by the wind
in the tulips
executive meeting
-
erotic doodles
on her notepad
moonrise
home from the office
shoulder pads drooping
after calling
in sick
I suddenly feel
so much better
amid such order
lost
in the cornfield
acorn woodpeckers:
how to explain
my filing system
the table set
with heirloom china -
winter moon
mystery story
marking my place
with wildflowers
all night long
the porch light warming
the swallow's nest
seaside motel
room -
a list of hurricane names
tucked into the bible
spaghetti steaming
in the shattered bowl
earthquake
street by street
the streetsweeper
sweeping rain
a city parking
space
appears and disappears
in fog
leave-taking
light from the doorway
spills into the night