Michelle V

Michelle V. Alkerton (Lohnes) (ON, CAN) and marlene mountain (TN, USA)

one-line linked haiku (11/14/1999-10/21/2001)

'accepted'

the last leaf falls and change is accepted

official papers jail if necessary

blackout diversion humming a few bars for music trivia

perhaps a 'winter of our' content

large clay pots extend spaces for growth

'so now we are 7' a grinning samurai

my heart not in it still i win again at solitaire

alone the call of the loon deafening

ice crystals a fragment of haiku all that's necessary

wax melting into hollows of glass

in the sweatshirt she's yet to break into a sweat

cold hands loose rings slide off her fingers

deep into the earth which he was unable to understand

strong wind surface dirt shifts in stages

a cold snap spring slows down we wait for a warm snap

boot treads design remaining snow

the intensity of troubles swept away each bud of spring

counting seconds of the thunder rumblings

slam of the screen door he blames on the wind

what is it about getting old or is it just me

numb and tingly leaden legs ignore my instructions

friends bring love into a place of dust & disorder

first snow basket of plants with an African violet

house spider floats a few inches down the sun

low light philodendron shadows growth on bare walls

a breath of fresh air fewer places it can be said

spruce boughs soft whisper brushing frozen earth

early morning coffee instant weather on tv

fiddler on stage exotic dancers on stilts and the odd raindrop

everything turns into humidity

toward morning i give an impromptu giggleshop on haiku

before dawn dreams merge with chittering birds

after the rain more rain stakes outgrow the tomato plants

farewell dinner warmer outside in the night air

with less to say now harder to begin where sense is made

deafened by the silence of nothing no easy peace

2m) marchers with jesse jackson