Beading obsession

Handful of turquoise
begs to be strung with silver
draped around my neck.

Vintage style

Grey army trenchcoat
or lime green sixties jacket
J can pull off both.

Lunar eclipse

Luminous  suitor,
the moon dimmed by darkness’s
seductive regard.

haiku envy

greatness revealed in
the sound of splinters, words that
pierce my jealous eyes.

Delayed gratification

Let delight ripen
into a sweet juicy pear
True joy takes patience.

You look great

Bright lipstick fools them
into thinking I’m well. No
“How do you feel?”

In sleep

Her breath sounds like the
whistle of distant trains bound
for lands beyond dreams.

February thaw

Snow releases its
grip as small drops melt merge run
in noisy trickles.

Misty mountain hop

Dawn the breath of a
new day paused when night exhales
sunrise dimmed by fog.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

He had a dream but
his murder was our nightmare.
It’s time to wake up.