clouds overhead
and pastel clouds on a stick
cotton candy day
Written 6/12/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Archive for the 'Haiku' Category
12
Jun
Haiku #4, 6/12/08
12
Jun
Haiku #3, 6/12/08
summer cloud ceiling
pins down the hot thick air
wetness without rain
Written 6/12/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
12
Jun
Haiku #2, 6/12/08
opening skyward
blooms of every color
joyful, unashamed
Written 6/12/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
12
Jun
Haiku #1, 6/12/08
heavy white blanket:
new snow covers the graveyard -
the dead are sleeping
Written 6/12/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
01
May
Haiku #4, 4/27/08
Gray skies overhead
Clash horribly with the smell
Of their barbecue.
Written 4/27/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
01
May
Haiku #2, 4/30/08
Death and sex connected
Not just in le petit mort -
Also HIV
Written 4/30/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
30
Apr
Haiku #4, 4/29/08
The Lord’s handiwork -
Does the human frame count as
A poetic form?
Written 4/29/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
30
Apr
Haiku #3, 4/29/08
Around her shoulders
A strong, long, lean black arm
Down which his love flows
Written 4/29/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
30
Apr
Haiku #2, 4/29/08
Blooming flower tree -
Electric purple branches
Reach up to the sky.
Written 4/29/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
30
Apr
Haiku # 1, 4/29/08
Statue of Mary
Standing stone still, her arms are
Forever outstretched.
Written 4/29/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
29
Apr
Haiku #5, 4/27/08
Family picture -
Smiles do not betray trouble
Lurking underneath.
Written 4/27/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
29
Apr
Haiku # 3, 4/27/08
Stillness in kitchen,
Punctuated by laughter
As we make our meal.
Written 4/27/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
26
Apr
Haiku #2, 4/22/08
The broken mirror
Reflects Dad; Rejoin the shards
And now I see me.
Written 4/22/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
26
Apr
Haiku #1, 4/22/08
Infernal hairstyle -
The friction of running makes
My hair catch fire!
Written 4/22/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
26
Apr
Haiku, 4/21/08
Right before daybreak
Enjoy the stillness, for soon
The world will wake up.
Written 4/21/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
26
Apr
Haiku, 4/20/08
Girls on bicycles
And jump ropes remind me of
Nineteen eighty-nine
Written 4/20/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
06
Apr
Haiku 4/5/08: #2
Scars on the inside
Bleed profusely, thanks to my
Unfinished business.
Written 4/5/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
06
Apr
Haiku 4/5/08: #1
Unlit “Open” sign,
“For Lease” screams from the window -
Someone’s dream has died.
Written 4/5/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
03
Apr
Haiku - 4/3/08
Good God, what a voice!
Black velvet, intoxicating smoke -
Inside, I am aflame.
Written 4/3/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
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