Gavotte

This is the dance in
side my head. No two left feet.
Only thoughts, spinning.

Porcelain serenity

Only quiet time
to read tea ceremony
book is in bathroom.

Haiku journal

My small gift to my
self – a few words at the end
of a busy day.

Dead tired

Every night I
play Russian Roulette with sleep
instead of bullets.

Can’t sleep 7

I said I’d be in
bed by ten. Then midnight. Now
it’s one. How ’bout three?

Trick or treat 2

Halloween spirit
eludes me, like the ghost of
someone I once loved.

Trick or treat

Decorations for
Halloween still not up. Life
seems scary enough.

Bride of Frankenstein

The review called her
‘fetching’ – wrapped in bandages,
convulsing, bleeding.

Hometown

Back east, the skies are
clearing, blue unending. Cool
dampness. Leaves changing.

San Diego fire 13 – Lucky

Miraculous. Fire
missed Anne’s house. She’s back at home.
The worst thing now – smoke.