White Trash Haiku

Risky Behavior

Released today from
rehab, the neighbor girl wears
flip-flops to cut grass.

Screen Will Not Prevent Child From Falling Out Window

Lawmakers cannot leglislate against
stupidity, nor lack of common sense;
Nor is there balm nor pill to cure us of
the horrid pain of falling out of love.

Confessions of a Non-Confessional Poet

Early on in my late teens I discovered:
a) love
b) God
c) my best friend wasn't
d) all of the above.
With that knowledge I turned to:
a) god
b) sex
c) my new best friend (Jack Daniels was his name)
d) poetry.

Javanelle

How many cups of coffee does it take,
Scalding, black as night without a moon –
To write a poem before you are awake?

A rhyme distills, and then evaporates --
"The world is too much with us, late and soon" –
How many cups of coffee does it take?

I pour a second cup and concentrate,
No half-and-half this morn, no need for spoon,
But need to write this poem before you wake.

Skimmed thoughts inside my head, try to think straight…
While NPR goes in and out of tune:
How many cups of coffee does it take?

Another eight ounce mug of inspira-
tion later, and my muse is still immune…
How many cups of coffee does it take
To write a poem before you are awake?