Love ‘Ku

I like to call these my love ‘ku. Because I stand on the side of love. I wish I would have been able to use one of these at NuKu. Love’s a Right (11/07/2010) Love’s a human right. The right to walk down the street, Holding hands, kissing. Boundless Love (11/07/2010) Woman-man; man-man; Woman-woman; love’s [...]

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Haiku Death Match (NuKu) Retrospective

Well, I didn’t even advance past my bracket (best of five poems), but I did manage to hang in there by besting my very skilled competitor twice. But in the end, she beat me soundly. I knew it was going to be a rough road because the poet in question is very good and experienced. [...]

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Haiku Overload

I’m preparing myself to compete in my first ever poetry slam on Friday, the Haiku Death Match, so I’ll be traveling down to Columbus tomorrow. And I get to visit my friend Joanna. Who’s the MC of said Haiku Death Match. I’m very excited and very nervous. I’ve watched this event for the last two [...]

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Insecurity

Sometimes I’m afraid To be me; to love myself And really believe.

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Mt Elbert

I carried you on my back all the way to top And poured your gray sand upon the rocks As the last grain tumbled from that unhallowed black box, Thunder crashed, interrupting your sister’s protest cries. We hurried from that high place under darkening skies Pelted by stryofoam balls of rain, My hiking poles buzzed [...]

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Potential

Laying awake in bed, Too feverish with thought to sleep There’s a tension in the air You can bite right through it Time is ticking away… Tick tick tick tick… So many hours wasted, doing… what? Need to move before my clock quits Don’t know when that will be But I’m not too sure of [...]

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42nd

Today you would have been 42. 10 years of life you should have lived Children we should have had, Trips we should have taken. I’m plagued by thoughts of our lost adventures, Saddened by all that stolen time. I think of you every day, I wonder what you would have thought Of Bush, Palin, Obama; [...]

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Words (Alternate Version)

This is the original version of the haiku I wrote yesterday–the one that came to my mind first before I tinkered around with the words (yes, ironically) to try to make it better. Now I’m thinking this one flows better. Oh, well. Words are pretty things. I bend them to my will; mold my thoughts [...]

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Words

Words are pretty things. I shape from them my feckless Thoughts to pleasing form. (Another bike ride inspired poem while commuting home from work.)

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Tidal Forces

Waves crash in rhythm, Ceaseless, steady metronome Sacred beat of life. Another Oregon coast inspired haiku that I finally finished this morning during the service at church (believe it or not). The topic was about holy moments and I couldn’t help but recall my holy moment walking the beach on Wednesday morning as I contemplated [...]

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