I’ve been focusing on short form poems such as haiku, shadorma, and tanka lately. Here are some examples from this week.

Haiku 940.

This winter night floats
half a minute to midnight
The snow falls in rafts
11/15/21

Haiku 941.

Glum as a toothache
who’s just grasped that the dentist
has expunged its home
11/15/21

Shadorma 381.

Up near night
pranksters skateboard home
streetlights pink
the sidewalks
skirting tight islands of light
the indigo rolls
11/15/21

Shadorma 389.

I keep here
Secret journaled thoughts
I’ll share one
from page ten:
Thoughts of mixing plaids and stripes.
I am tempted. Yes.
11/15/21