Summer Fun (haiku)

Summer Fun

distant heat lightning
shocks my travel horizon
backseat babies sleep

© ACG
31 May 2006

Destiny (A Wish)

Destiny
(A Wish)

There once was a terrible bad man
Whose evil diarrhetically ran;
He lied once too often,
Now lies in his coffin ~
You could say the shit hit the fan.

© ACG
25 May 2006

Ode To Friendship

Ode To Friendship

Time dissolves us ~
a cloud departing
with shifting winds,
as Summer's whisper
so humid dims;

Seasons roll on ~
as petals open,
the Sun's eye sears
into the drying
Earth, 'ere our tears;

Force of Nature ~
yielding unto us,
so familiar,
a hurricane bursts ~
friendship endures.

© ACG
25 May 2006

Silhouette and Shadows

Silhouette

voices waft to earth
invisibly delightful
fast floating shadow
stratospheric air balloons
silhouette of summertime

© ACG
22 May 2006

Shadows

dawn awakes in gold
diamond dewdrops disappear
in the shadows, kittens purr

© ACG
22 May 2006

The Geranium

The Geranium

crayon-red banners
rise atop each furry lance
velvet shields profuse
thickly, hedgelike walls surround –
no scent, just fearless sentries . . .

© ACG

09 May 2006

Invisible

Invisible

Floors gleam at dawn,
and clear windows shine,
even ere the chirping birds
begin their morning dine;

Invisible,
these backs toiling ache,
these hands, scrubbed red and crack’d,
for Freedom to partake;

Not one of us
will see them clearly,
righteously we stand apart,
not one among us cares;

Selfsame, our blood
tasted Freedom here;
our immigrant ancestors
cry to us: “For shame!”

© ACG
01 May 2006