April 2010
1 post
52/365, palito
relive the pale bones in pain and poverty. laughs, smiles live beyond last breaths.
February 2010
20 posts
51/365, beneath the barrel
i see her scraping the bottom of the barrel and she falls over.
50/365, halfway to a hundred
i’m a cannonball spitting on a wishing well. crash, i’m the last splash
* - from the breeders, “cannonball”
49/365, hotter than hell
the sun is burning the sky is a giant lens. a hole through my soul
48/365, tequila
tequila sunrise from my tongue, down to my throat sunset, watch them burn
47/365, 79 degrees
at the dead of night thick clouds of smog trap the heat like on hot mornings.
46/365, after valentine's
after valentine’s hands, lips, hearts were together when we closed our eyes
45/365, valentine
at night, as we walked i waited for the kisses of my valentine
44/365, waiting
time passes slowly the leaves. the rain. they all fall as i wait, and want.
43/365, if morning comes not
if morning comes not i will wait for night to pass for the sun to rise.
42/365, kafka
like a dog, he said as if the shame of it would outlive him - kafka
41/365, psychiatry of the word
schizophrenic text. walking the path to madness. deluded author.
40/365, bonsai
as i trim branches, i ask: does stupidity grow, like our wisdom?
39/365, round the tree
the lights ‘round the tree remind me of an embrace we shared through the night.
38/365, 90 degrees
there is no angle directly beneath the sun light clears my shadow.
37/365, 88 degrees
summer too early. with the sun shining hotter; closer to dying.
36/365, droning
a consolation
no inclination, no height
moving in straight lines
35/365, trainspotting
choose life. choose a job. who needs them? who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?
34/365, aliguyun
the mountain beckoned the spear was thrown; flew up high that the peak glanced up.
33/365, black and white love song
every little breeze tells me it knows i love you; i wanted your kiss.
* - inspired by “louise” by maurice chevalier
January 2010
31 posts
32/365, switch
choose light, choose darkness. why would you cover your eyes? you just turn the switch.
* - inspired by “trainspotting”
31/365, writer's block
ever experienced that urge to write all your lines; and find out you can’t?
30/365, sunday christian
my only prayer: stand, sit, kneel, murmur, sit, stand and end it this way.
29/365, slight return
next to a mountain; chopped. with the edge of my hand. i’m a voodoo child
* - jimi hendrix in haiku
28/365, nightlight
in the dark of night no moon, no stars; it’s there glowing by my feet.
27/365, the stars they wear
behind the camp’s walls they stand under the sun, with death worn on their sleeves.
* - january 27 is international holocaust remembrance day
26/365, immigrant song
land of ice and snow. we’ll drive our ships to new land valhalla! coming.
* - led zeppelin in haiku
25/365, cory
a yellow ribbon tied (in loving memory), ‘round the old oak tree.
24/365, don't stop believing
strangers are waiting up and down the boulevard; somewhere in the night.
* - journey in haiku
23/365, humidity
one warm afternoon; no choice, but to breathe the air bearing down on me.
22/365, mendiola
on their land, they fought. trained the sights, the guns were shot; on the ground, their blood.
* - 23 years ago: the mendiola massacre
21/365, smog
shades of black and white. the gray hides the shimmering light on the windows.
20/365, jets
when you are a jet you’re the top cat in the whole mother-lovin’ street.
* - west side story in haiku
19/365, january night sky
walking by moonlight. i turn my gaze to the sky; you, one of those stars.
18/365, linger*
such a fool for you; me, wrapped around your finger. you have to let it linger.
* - the cranberries in haiku
17/365, the number of the beast*
woe, to earth and sea. for real, or some kind of hell: number of the beast.
* - iron maiden in haiku.
16/365, 月亮代表我的心
how much i love you? go have a look at the moon you will see my heart.
* - teresa teng in haiku. in pinyin: “yue liang dai biao wo de xin”
15/365, prison song*
my crack, smack, my bitch. clamped down with your iron fists, here, in hollywood.
* - system of a down in haiku.
14/365, haiti
a gray dusty sky; running and crying, until the ground shakes no more.
13/365, highway to hell*
live easy, love free. the way to the promised land - a highway to hell.
* - ac/dc in haiku.
12/365, one sweet day*
a scene from heaven: eventually, together. i know, one sweet day.
* - mariah carey and boyz ii men in haiku
11/365, cry*
on a dark gray sky in places no one will find when i saw you cry.
* - mandy moore in haiku
10/365, bad romance*
walk, fashion baby. leather-studded kiss in sand; want your bad romance.
* - lady gaga in haiku
9/365, to a cold spell
the cloud hides the sun morning chills: coffee and coats. warmth, for every breath.
8/365, drowning*
breath: take you in. flowing freely in your arms; drowning in your love.
* - backstreet boys in haiku.
7/365, yellow ledbetter*
piece of weathered sand; round the porch, but they don’t wave boxer, or the bag.
* - from pearl jam, “yellow ledbetter;” if music were haiku this would make perfect sense, lol
6/365, dead wine
wine, aged to death. of what use are life’s pleasures tasteless, yet swallowed?
5/365, midnight butterfly
midnight butterfly. fluttering wings in the dark; the stars guide its way.
4/365, first raindrop of the year
it falls on my hand the first chapter of the tale of a coming storm.
3/365, zero visibility
go forward, too fast over the gully you go fog can make you blind.