Haikus - New and Selected

A short play precedes the poetry recital...

MUSE: How come you never give me flowers? Huh? You gave roses to Aunt Shelly, lilies to Cousin Ed and carnations to that woman who runs the jewelry store on 129th. Me? Nothing.

CLOWNWORLD SHAKESPEARE: Trust me. You don’t want flowers.

MUSE: You know what I want? Sheesh! That’ll be the day when you know what I want.

CLOWNWORLD SHAKESPEARE: Listen. Flowers are for the dead. I laid flowers at their graves, Muse. Their tombstones. Picture coming in 4K yet?

MUSE: So what do you give the living?

CLOWNWORLD SHAKESPEARE: Poetry!

MUSE: I’d rather have flowers.

CLOWNWORLD SHAKESPEARE: Yeah, well, I’d rather have Dean Koontz’s muse.

MUSE: Don’t start with me……..

Haiku - The Trouble with Treble

Trembling timpani

Traumatic thudding timbre

Tends to terrify

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Haiku – High Tides and Green Grapes Forever

Green grapes generate

Gelatinous grappa globs

Giddily gulp grog

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Haiku - Unit

Unstitched underwear…

…unzips users unaware

Unleashing units

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