a senryu
A bright winter day and not a leaf left on this skeleton tree teeming with sparrows
The hands on the atomic clock upstairs finally stopped spinning. As you know, my dear, the hands have been spinning for two weeks. This morning the clock stopped
And so I’ll tell old Max, and maybe he will listen, it’s time to call the plumber in and tell him,
There never was anyone like Ali between the ropes or facing the public. In the ring and out
You love your grandson, this blue bundle in your arms. There’s no doubt about that. He has peaches for cheeks and the sky’s in his eyes
It’s midnight in New York and in this tall building Herb and Molly are in bed making love. Molly is a virgin
When Bill goes home to the church of his youth he finds things are different. They don’t sing “Amazing Grace” the way they did when he was
How many times have I said I’m through teasing myself, through pretending I don’t enjoy the wreath of a woman
The ones we didn’t abort we’re starting to euthanize so no worries there. It’s the ones in the middle still walking around
If one could store them in the attic without stir and turn to other things, to picking fruit, perhaps, or seeding it, one could afford
Handsome is as handsome does, Jeanie always said, when Donald was away on business.
A moment ago, in a flicker of pique, with a wave of the hand, I dispersed them. Glorious birds,
Some things you can’t undo. A remark, perhaps, you can retract or try to with an explanation. But a certain look can burn forever in the mind
In 1920 he came on a boat from Ireland and found his way through Ellis Island. He found a room in a boarding house
The problem is, Priscilla grew up in a penthouse having parties whil… Biff came of age under a bridge fighting other trolls, he remember… When Pris calls his office and sa…