Let Me Be The One

Let Me Be The One

Let me be the one
who always lied to you
because that is what
you wanted to hear

Let me be the one
who always lied to you
so you would love me

Let me be the one
who always lied to you
be the last to escape
from the web

Wordle

Haunted

Muddy drooping staircase
purple gourd hangs from
a hook in its bitter mouth
sounds extract a chill
doll children all frightened
they'd only come to pluck treats
their eyes glossy round
terror on their kissed faces
inside the gourd he works
a microphone

Small Beauty

Haiku

Lacy spider web

iridescent water gems

privilege to see

Cherry Blossom

Haiku

love dances on breeze

cherry blossom bud explodes

delectable fruit

Beneath Golden Leaves

Haiku

beneath golden leaves

tiger preys on innocence

scream shatters silence

First prize January 2010 haiku competition

Poet's of the Palm Beaches

During the Day

Dust motes down

seen only in slants

sun carves its way

through the day

We wake, rise from

horizontal slowly

move through our

shower, shave

coffee

wine

down dust motes

seen only in sun

carved slants

through the day

Menu

Creole stew

chocolate skin

pepper peeled

chopped fine

garlic minced in

vegetables potted

great amalgam

oysters, shrimp

shorebirds, grasses

What

will we do?