Haiku 2015, September-July
9-30-15
his first girlfriend died
hurricane Joaquin ins near
portico of sleep
9-29-15
bored to death at work
burocratic tentacles
chains for few pennies
9-28-15
slept deeply nine hours
just made it through the morning
fell asleep reading
9-27-15
Sundays are grief full
why don't I choose happiness?
grammar and football
9-26-15
supposed website
my ancient broken website
fix it then use it
9-25-15
casi escribo
subo a pagar a Chase
me pongo a leer
9-24-15
Brown, Jew, Greek, and black
ten happy workers plan smiles
on social media
9-23-15
Grito de Lares
day of atonement in peace
draw ten diff'rent lines
9-22-15
English feeling words
no achicopalado
dream words shatter
9-21-15
park hill glowing green
gray fingers doming the sky
road streaming to bridge
9-20-15
Alina's best games
she remembered all of them
one love long distance
9-19-15
neighbors' yard lit up
no country for old men talk
hulu addiction
9-18-15
plagued by rejection
thank god it's not heroin
moon sliver teardrop
9-17-15
meeting sucked me dry
smiling, wanting to fit in
second row seating
9-16-15
a moment's respite
held in Pachamama's arms
wombed by Atabex
9-15-15
hungry wolf scarfing
infant rooting for the breast
con hambre vieja
9-14-15
fluorescent tree leaves
silver light behind the screen
sleep will transform me
9-13-15
challah and honey
Noam rolls in herring bone pants
roll on the plush rug
9-12-15
a simple framed plaque
for two pillaras of the block
the circle gathered
9-11-15
seven grim firemen
line up outside their firehouse
bow heads, clasp wrists, cry
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guttering the ball
rolling it down the middle
bowling is torture
9-10-15
nobody killed me
I didn't hurt anybody
praise liberation
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nineteen minds and hearts
siding with liberation
moments of closeness
9-9-15
hit the drawer, SWOT
cut out words from nespapers
joking's a defense
9-8-15
window square, sunset
iolent pink over sleepy blue
charcoal gray smudges
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many hectic things
I don't want to do any
but what do I want?
9-7-15
tall and flat houses
beyond them the building
with the chrome railings
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under the bushes
the perfectly still fat cat
white and calico
9-6-15
cincuenticuatro
anos desque que me fui
del calor al frio
desde que sali
hacen cincuenticuatro
cumplidos ayers
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tengo que hacer
cosas que yo no quiero
hoy me libere
9-5-15
aqui volaron
las cotorras silvestres
y se posaron
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con el pelo gris
yo camino cantando
y ni me miran
9-4-15
here's my little life
where is the revolution?
much work, no money
9-3-15
que simpatica
le gusto la bebe
que bien escucha
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la separacion
me duele demasiado
mejor la verdad
9-2-15
never enough time
ever to do everything
I would want to do
patio de jungla
nunca me dara tiempo
como los blancos
9-1-15
me hermanito
nacio hoy hace anos
sesenta y siete
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vi dos mameyes
rojos, dulces, maduros
semillas negras
8-31-15
black man holds the door
will he let me go to school?
PR on the train curses
after I marry
will he let me go to school?
she adjusts her veil
8-30-15
Javi's syncope
he syncope'd and collpased
he fell off his bike
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Callicoon again
twenty hard long years later
many addictions
8-29-15
yellow moon, black branch
open eyed close to the earth
Gina on the couch
Lolo in the chair
forehead in hand, blue t-shirt
scratching his brown head
8-28-15
sun drops behind hills
long hollow purple clouds soar
pale round moon rises
8-27-15
seis quitapenas
con bolsa, de Amazon
con la leyenda
8-26-15
lo cogio agua
y perdio media hora
que solo esta
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paisley black hankie
live as if racism ended
two groups, five and four
8-25-15
the two will be dads
big grin, scrubbed face, deepest joy
they will mix the sperm
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two women walking
like two bears on hands and knees
a jungle of mats
8-24-15
massive anxiety
I was sweating and they stared
don't let them be right
8-23-15
yo no tengo yo
yo no soy de ustedes
adoptemosnos
8-22-15
bonsai gigante
cardenal enramado
gato trepando
8-21-15
sillas rodando
dos ancianas sin mentes
con corazones
en el nursing home
mis tias son dos ancianas
sus dos sonrisas
8-20-15
arbol mrchito
arboles recostados
helado verde
8-19-15
to not think again
yes desire can be broken
to not think again
8-18-15
a tour of duty
la lucha continua
the joy of struggle
8-17-15
nemo, chick, and bird
Mexican and Chinese hands
made three pinatas
8-16-15
a book on Buddhism
send me the one on anger
does he know anger?
8-15-15
aprendi algo
como estar presente
como anclarme
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drumsticks on sculpture
song, branches, seeds, accordion
fleet words in the breeze
8-14-15
I'm reading to sleep
until kindle letters blur
avoding terror
8-13-15
Hoy nacio Lolo
y tambien nacio Fidel
paso un siglo
8-12-15
las tres mujeres
se rien entre las flores
hablan y lloran
8-11-15
si yo pudiera
ver a mis tias bien pronto
antes que mueran
8-9-15
no lo consegui
que estara haciendo?
miedo a dormir
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cardenal vuela
del muro a la rama
caza cerezas
8-8-15
si que da miedo
casi no me atrevo
todo a medias
8-7-15
amigos viejos
tres decadas perdidas
mejores que yo
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como si ayer
risas y concordancias
juntos seis horas
8-6-15
el sol asoma
per esas nubes grises
humo de pasto
8-5-15
now retrieve my soul
not to myself but to all
bower of branches
8-4-15
musica, tai chi
senoras muy felices
son Pachamamas
8-3-15
las horas no dan
la tierra del olvido
las anoranzas
8-2-15
Lolo y Marta
mis tias s'estan muriendo
pronto yo tambien
8-1-15
found many lost things
the brass knob from the bed
plastic orthotics
7-31-15
blue moon but silver
a stardust constellation
a cradle of breath
7-30-15
fierce revelation
is why people drink and drug
yearn to be alive
7-29-15
hablando feliz
del maestro despedido
estiramiento
7-28-15
me trajo flores
ahora si me quiere
por el momento
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noche, tormento
como sufre mi hijo
y yo me muero
7-27-15
hablen si quieren
pero no me hablaron
como los calle?
7-26-15
aniversario
sentados en el patio
si puedo bregar
7-25-15
wanting and fearing
in the present I do deal
terror's in my past
7-24-15
found la llorona
they attacked me for grammar
broke my fucking heart
7-23-15
en el parque hoy
nos llegaron dos Lizbeth
madre con hija
7-22-15
vi La Llorona
en el parque Bush Terminal
nadie me creyo
7-21-15
vestida d'azul
come humus y rie
goza el parque
7-20-15
sweet conversation
Rubble kings, Flying Cut Sleeves
no whispered secrets
7-19-15
day lost to migraine
forced into rest and self care
can't face tomorrow
7-18-15
steel hip, cane, pillow
Japanese salad, decaf
fond conversation
7-17-15
trees underwater
fish glide the flooded forest
piranha redeemed
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N back from Coney
her dad was a drug addict
eyes well, heart opens
7-16-15
hojas secas, un palo
tres muchachas, un asta
el sol nos bana
7-15-15
dark man on the stooop
hello brother, deep respect
for crabs in barrels
7-14-15
postman in the rain
train tracks, graffiti domed trees
grass meadow tree bed
7-13-15
haiku oppression
muriendome de sueno
hazlo dormida
7-12-15
don't want to go to work
so lucky to have a job
mi pobre hijo
7-11-15
se me v'a morir
yo no puedo salvarlo
si no se cura
7-10-15
yo no puedo mas
aunque vomite dolor
sigo sufriendo
7-9-15
no me quejo mas
de mi trabajo duro
otros no tienen
7-8-15
se fue sin adios
sin la gran explosion
que vida dura
7-7-15
why don't you read it?
yes, no game...do you love me?
always, forever
7-6-15
Destiny, sprinklers
water balloons, talk of dreams
patriarchal scolding
7-5-15
cena en el patio
caida por el hueco
sola al dormir
7-4-15
fireworks with daggers
a golden weeping willow
I do not tell lies
7-3-15
four bags filled with vines
twenty earthworms, dinner outside
fireflies, family
7-2-15
all colors, not blue
not gray; yellow, purple, pink, red
cover the whole sky
7-1-15
el me trato bien
me paso el trapeador
buena sorpresa