164/204 (June 5th)

this morning in bed

your little hands brought coffee

held like a chalice

163/205

such longing for this

heavy footsteps to become

slick skimming movement

162/206

down by the river

scullers split glassine water

swans watched them go by

161/207

what will emerge now?

now that lightning struck my heart

is this a new day?

160/208

so easy to loathe

regret swallows my brightness

i'm dark and quiet

159/209

devices are gone

false super shiny ego

so sick of you now

158/210

my eyes scan slowly

seems like everything has slowed

maybe THIS is real?

157/211

surrender last night

i lay beneath the thunder

let the lightning strike

156/212

is this what it takes?

neutronic platonic shift

electrocution

155/213

crystalline senses

i could hear every rain drop

heavy upon leaves

154/214

brilliant jagged twins

splitting through the atmosphere

heart pounding i ran

153/215

red clouds loomed above

the stormy air electric

then the bolts came down

152/216

the adrenaline

that shot through my veins last night

realigned my head

151/217

please say what you want

the worst they could say is no

anxiety melts

150/218

last journey by train

sun comes through clear plexiglass

he clicked a free ride

149/219

she, on steady wings

flew down to love and teach me

how to be a mom

148/220

it's picked up again

this flow of haiku writing

parallel painting

147/221

drawing her naked

maybe she had to ask me

while she slumbers deep

146/222

cloudy train windows

can't see what's moving past me

that was yesterday

145/223

negotiations

money is anxiety

must slip off the grid

144/224

caffeine equals life

this friday's like a freight train

must ride the edge hard

143/225

take clues and just do

how simple can i make it?

just want it to flow

142/226

how hard is practice?

sustaining a passion so long

what is devotion?

141/226

the stars shine for you

so desperately i love you

how painful this death

140/227

i'll be weeping at

the foot of purple mountains

please let me be here

139/228

i want my mind blown

by unbearable beauty

rush and embrace me

138/229

what is the distance

between myself and the truth?

must narrow the divide

137/230

want to feel it all

just want to linger and see

let the drawings come

136/231

writing haiku here

in a japanese garden

synchronicity

135/232

practice what you preach

take it seriously now

the essence is time

134/233

please stay on the path

white azaleas embrace pink

a welcome respite

133/234

expedition notes

somehow need a slow journey

must sit and look more

132/235

river of birds fly

flying overhead at night

that's when they migrate

131/236

water droplets bead

on your sleepy bed-head hair

cuddle me you said

130/237

i need to see time

lay it down tangible now

visualize it

129/238

the first one was dim

colors barely visible

then a shocking arc

128/239

sperm whales slick with oil

desperate dwindling numbers

the encroaching spill

127/240

painting oil rig fires

how does it become newsworthy

a premonition?

126/241

balmy city wind

the sky darkens above me

summer is nearing

125/240

golden eyed owls are

the only birds who see blue

how do they know this?

124/243

must see the ocean

dreamt about its briny smell

this is who i am

123/242

must post these haikus

they are still significant

verbal anchor

122/243

the uncertainties

need some solid decisions

crystallize a plan

121/244

london supports me

i'm doing it the hard way

fearing a backlash

120/245

white knuckling this

doesn't allow the softness

that makes me open

119/246

this one rejection

sends me into a tail spin

got to be stronger

118/248

trundling along

reggae reminds me to smile

this train ride ends soon

117/249

you naked beneath

softest blankets i tuck

and kiss your fish lips

116/299

sleep has captured me

3 luxurious slumbers

my eyes feel open

115/250

i want to walk there

on spring green grass between trees

dark umber with rain

114/251

to watch the parade

is this possible for me?

bang bang bang my drum

113/252

be prepared for it

unannounced the storm will come

don't get lost this time

112/253

take copious notes

be astonished everyday

love until it hurts

111/254

i almost gave up

things were feeling slippery

be a beginner

110/255

the sound of engines

give way to the shrill beauty

red winged blackbird sings

109/256

now i focus on

the future manifesto

distill my desire

109/26

108/257

insane dark blue clouds

closed in like a mountain range

then the lightening came

107/258

white blossom's perfume

why so intoxicating?

honeybee's lover

106/259

earth quaked with beauty

the april day you were born

the trees remember

105/260

as my heart softens

how did regret get in there?

what else will rise up?

104/261

to soften yields growth

tilling the soil of my soul

exposing the worms

103/262

4 months into it

am i feeling stronger now?

does the world hold hope?

102/263

dressed in my bathrobe

she waves with loving longing

as i pull away

101/264

nothing i can do

i can't slow her aging now

she slips through my hands

100/265

one hundredth haiku

daily on the edge of tears

Celeste turns 7

99/266

i felt it with you

i could feel my chest cracking

as my heart pushed through

98/267

thought i could do this

lusting without love involved

but the heart needs more

97/268

can i sustain this?

what is my strategy now?

where is the end point?

96/269

in dusty darkness

lions attack elephants

dissolved blue abstract

95/270

skirting across waves

i may need to sail again

turning into wind

95/270

skirting across waves

i may need to sail again

turning into wind

94/271

what will this spring bring?

will i be seduced again?

sirens at the shore

93/272

Delphine bears Edgar

a new enfant in the monde

i send happiness

92/273

the blue jays are back

a bare canopy reveals

tufted silhouettes

91/274

took off my sweater

cafe sunshine caresses

as coffee surges

90/275

stand under a tree

pink blossoms against the sky

made me weep today

89/276

it's funny how now

you about to turn 7

want my lullabies

88/277

last night i pondered

as i held your curly head

the end of the world

87/278

lushly tropical

this terra incognita

an ultimate muse?

86/279

there's that night heron

perched in the same live oak tree

such splendid plumage

85/280

last night we watched as

lightening bolts cut through the sky

you snuggled closely

84/281

laying on concrete

your translucent fur turquoise

you never knew home

83/282

dolphin in our wake

your shiny slick grey body

like a torpedo

82/283

jesus mockingbird!

don't you ever tire of song?

chirp chirp chirp tweet tweet

81/284

drifting cumulous

sporadic rays of sunshine

hit and melt my core

80/285

armadillo hunt

instead, a perched great horned owl

amidst spanish moss

79/286

mockingbird singing

a manic cacophony

no preference at all

78/287

i found your sweet face

surrounded by warm blankets

i kissed your forehead

77/288

strange dream last night

a conglomerate figure

grotesquely handsome

76/289

so fatigued last night

automatonic packing

then fell into sleep

75/290

the aquarium

where fish swim in glass houses

missed us on monday

74/291

you and i waited

on the rainy train platform

for warmth i held you

73/292

i saw you again

out in the early march rain

your gaze holding me

72/293

rising from slumber

your earprint on my forearm

like a pink snail curl

71/294

victorian glass

houses explosive color

i yearn to see it

70/295

she lies there sleeping

in the nest of my duvet

hopeful dreams of me

69/296

today bats emerged

ghostly sinuous creatures

rising from the paint

68/297

you and eden worked

collecting long strong branches

to build your teepee

67/298

2 trees lean away

opposing they make a "v"

one dead and one not

66/299

follow the leader

today we ran by the sea

horses in the wind

65/300

and then it was spring

suddenly it's tangible

warm sun softens earth

64/301

rainy march morning

had to listen to tom waits

"who are you this time?"

63/302

this early morning

my tea bag perched on my mug

thank you johnathan

62/303

agenda quickens

like a skipping stone on waves

of accomplishment

61/304

corsage on my dress

music fills the gallery

as the judging starts

60/305

today i waited

feeling some karmic backlash

might plow me over

59/306

@ 10 i'm eating

herrell's malted vanilla

blissfully alone

58/307

when i was alone

dengue rushing through my veins

why didn't you come?

57/308

i will journey north

to revisit northampton

hopefully strengthened

56/309

clarity dissolves

dreaming of the architect

makes my spirit stray

55/310

today i feel like

i am losing my resolve

slipping off my edge

54/311

i cry before sleep

when i have only seen you

briefly at bedtime

53/312

what did she feel when

wandering through a strange home

she revealed her shame

52/313

stretching canvases

a sort of optimism

rises within me

51/314

each time i awake

sleepy curls come to greet me

you watch the sunrise

50/315

oh friday morning

how i will zoom through the day

such rewards to come

49/316

red breasted robin

there is a thaw in the air

i know i am here

48/317

so fatigued today

this train feels like a cradle

lulling me to sleep

47/318

winter has his hold

won't you loosen your firm grip

and hasten springtime

46/319

fire roars at my feet

may i lounge here forever

licking dancing flames

45/320

be my valentine

melt chocolate on my tongue

surf devours the shore

44/321

the beach is wide now

ravaged by a winter storm

breathtaking expanse

43/322

the day they break through

i will kneel to kiss petals

where ever i am

42/323

viscous bloody work

is that what it needs to be

before crocuses

41/324

all i want to do

is hibernate for a day

just one silent day

40/325

cold white haunches loom

invisible over head

impending snowstorm

39/326

our silence broken

the presence of a stranger

he says he sees hope

38/327

you paint in my space

stopping you watch me working

you make it all real

37/328

i live for your love

sometimes more than i can bear

the way you love me

36/329

winter mountain calls

surprised to remember it

without attachment

35/330

ionic columns

splice voices into echoes

beneath Sargent's arch

34/331

necessarily

my intentionality

is an obsession

33/332

it takes discipline

in my every waking breath

to achieve brilliance

32/333

my heart ached last night

to receive by candlelight

sinking into warmth

31/334

her limbs extended

she floated in the deep end

buoyant full of breath

30/335

studio nocturne

how i inhabit you now

wandering with tea

29/336

sun through my eyelids
pulsates between fleeting trees
trundling ahead

28/337

little wooden boat

fearful of losing anchor

in approaching storms

27/338

pre-dawn sun strengthens

permeating sheer curtains

surya namaskar

26/339

my eyes ache today

from many hours of driving

to impart knowledge

25/340

now the planning mind

leaves little room for dreaming

breathing helps balance

24/341

that bruise on your hip

makes me feel crazy with love

i'll watch it vanish

23/342

chick-a-dee-dee-dee

crusty ice breaks beneath us

revealing a stream

22/343

after my absence

we slipped into deep slumber

my daughter, my love

21/344

returning home now

with orion as my guide

clear and perfect night

20/345

the winter orchard

emits subtle warm color

awaiting spring's warmth

19/346

the morning light grew

while shiva's cast shadow danced

upon silk curtains

18/347

lumbering mountains

in their haunches i am safe

surrender now. sleep.

17/348

the loons are gone now

faintly a ghost call echoes

through your deep slumber

16/349

don't walk down that street

the house on 5th is haunted

dead weeds surround it

15/350

thank you yo-yo ma

finger-like notes caress me

darkness falls away

14/351

raw tin energy

hungry metallic tongue rests

warm hidden secrets

13/352

his sculpted forehead

soft skin pulls over strong planes

like a dinosaur

12/353

bird tree stripped bare now

the tufted titmouse perches

lofty feathers puffed

11/354

i imagine now

french spaceships loom above me

their arc pulls me up

10/355

the gap that remains

a smooth slot for your tongue

a perfect baby tooth

9/356

abstract helplessness

is there nothing I can do

for that little girl

8/357

it's snowing again

light flakes are softly dancing

beautiful chaos

7/358

hawk premonition

invisible heat rider

capturing my gaze

6/359

Rembrandt won't forget

hidden in paneled alcoves

stolen memories

5/360

cool winter light spreads

raking across my paper

tactile suede texture

4/361

right retinal scar

veiny orb like jupiter

dark image catcher

&

by Celeste Lucia

Derry (6yrs old):

listen to the wind

listen to the trees swaying

listen to the air