Michelle V

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

one-line linked haiku (4/4/1999-5/5/1999)

'stretch toward morning'

jade branches curves stretch toward morning sunlight

winter not an illness but a spring day quite a cure

just beyond the maple's shade TB patient layered in blankets

i love the mulch just as much as what comes up in it

against dull remains of the storm a single daffodil opens

repetitive war talk the screaming child screams

heart of ancient she-defined culture pleas to a made-up male

crude monument rises from the ruins of decay

the wind has turned cold i'd rather rake than clean a floor

those long fingers sweep the hair from wide eyes

too soon wrist pain about to call the mouse 'you dirty rat'

full weight of the stone before it's thrown

this morning the dangling mailbox door no longer dangling

still no sound from the wind chimes

train whistle in the next county just to stay home forever

young waif curled into himself rocking, rocking

something sniffed the rescue squad leaves the coroner arrives

brush fires blaze thick smoke choking life

charcoal sketch the imprint in reverse a better angle

toughest roots to dig out saved for their beauty

red tulips bending over the weight of captured rain

seeds only for the songbirds is that crow confused

field of sunflowers all turning toward last rays of sun

littered with snow and swat teams a campus of teens

media transmits recipe for tragedy horror updated hourly

fake wrestling real testosterone big bucks and drugs

twisted roots tangle us on the trail of wild mushrooms

called alternative medicine oldest ways of healing

hot mustard plaster burns slowly fade with aloe juices

a cool damp day a cold damp night

if ufo's don't exist can ufo haiku be written and published

perceived through raindrops even metal post wavers

garden plants a lilac bush a box of donuts for mother's day

cherry blossoms and bottle caps along the canal bank

unwanting me to be human social security nabs my tiny interest

fire ants marking their territory with each bite