Saturday, June 4, 2011

Hiking Haiku

Fourteen Hiking Haiku

for Joan Kunze

Step into Wellfleet woods
unleash dog
freedom



Life's simple today
blue jeans t-shirt leather boots
warm sun



Hiking within
e e cummings' leafy
green spirits



As fourteen white fluffs
punctuate his true
blue sky



Butterfly careens, dashes
darts, flutters, mindless of
meter

Mushrooms, born overnight,
fully formed, festoon path
honoring Plath



Residue of bonfire 
in clearing; strewn empty
containers





Come upon calm clear pure
Spectacle Pond
Narcissus



Kerouac's juju beads in mind
his knees cold
mine creaky





Maelstrom of earthly scents
scintillated dog
dead vole



Breathe in, yoga man,
'72 hitch-hiker recalled,
breathe out





Counting syllables
measuring meter
seeking rhyme



Aimless steps
going anyhere
no sense of time




Toward dusk, homeward bound,
reflecting: Lou Reed:
perfect day


   

1 comment:

  1. merci Mr George..

    I swear all those images are as happy as Larry to have been haiku inspirations...

    ah...Lou and that walk on the wild side..

    14

    postage stamps sized
    delicious variations
    smorgasbord

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