Re-Homing in the Maple Land, XXIX
eviction notice
crumpled in my hand
I stare long
at a pile of manuscripts
in the room's far corner
Added:
a little kick
under her left ribcage --
our wedding
will be seven months
and one book away
Added: Game Show, 2024, LXV
the mural
of Trump in a Rambo pose
surrounded by pets
in the unseasonal heat ...
my pitbull cocks its leg
FYI: Roxane Gay, The New Yorker, September 17: The Haitian Question: The history of Haitian immigration to the United States is that of politicians on both sides of the aisle fighting to keep Haitians out of the country, with equal cruelty.
As the Haitians in Springfield bear the intense scrutiny of the world, their hopes for a good life are dwindling. Trump and Vance, with their comments, have brought a renewed and naked contempt for Haitians into contemporary American discourse. They have legitimatized this bigotry.
Added:
the tendrils
of morning sunlight
blooming wisteria
Added:
shifting hues
of summer twilight
her talk of love
Added:
I inch my car
through snarled-up traffic
a v of geese
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, XCVIII: "cloudsofsmoke"
Relentless
above
cloudsofsmoke
cloudsofsmoke
Gaza
above
smoky darkness ...
scream after scream the reasons why
all blow away
Added:
harvest moon
behind the barbed wire fence
a migrant's dream
reprinted in Asahi Haikuist Network, Oct. 18 2024
