OLYMPIC HARVEST: A HAIKU SEQUENCE
daylight saving time
at ferry dock, daydreams rhyme,
take wing, fairly flock
polyglot folly:
hear not the melancholy
bebop of leaf rot
unlock words of rocks
and birds, non-stop jocular
interlocutors
in audible thrall
to the marbled call garbled
by all waterfalls
talented talons
of bald eagles maul even
the smartest varmints
claw marks in the bark,
warm cougar scat: cat's warning
maneuvers — true that
haggard dragonfly,
like a laggard dagger, poised
there in the moist air
three or four hours
of powerful peace beneath
meteor shower
under different
stars, dissident bard wanders
with cricket at large
Lap of Luxury
I eat almost every day
at least once, imbibe
clear water and breathable air
in abundance, have
my health, my imagination,
sleep easily at night, sometimes
in my own bed