Category Archives: Poem

Haiku: Mist Opportunity

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Jim Stewart

Low cloud off the sea envelopes everything, beading the dark stones. (shore: pixabay.com)

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Haiku: Fitting Flit

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Jim Stewart

I think the word flit was invented by someone watching chickadees.

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Haiku: Waiting for Three

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Jim Stewart

What is it about two o’clock, the bitching hour? Dreaded double-strike. The eyes snap open, no retreat from wakefulness– it’s just a poem.

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Haiku: Relativity?

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Consciousness, a gift of accelerating time, provides no answers.

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Haiku: Comfortably Close

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Little squirrel chirps six feet from my smiling face: half-hearted scolding. (pinterest.com)

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Sometimes Later

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Sometimes I am a smoker and a drunk Sometimes I’m not and engage with the world Sometimes whirling and curling I accept all animals as equals Sometimes that is my only hope to accept my own species Lately the arrogance … Continue reading →

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Between Takes in Heaven West

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels rest by the Rio Grande, sharing sushi under a sky of forever blue. Scout and Silver graze nearby. To the south, a tumble of clouds builds over Mexico, rumpled shadows running across the far mesas. … Continue reading →

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Haiku–Ping Pong

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Left right left right left my brain trading back and forth quick entertainment (top: adsoftheworld.com; bottom: preptalk.hermits.com)

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Haiku–Liminal

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Jim Stewart

Here: too warm for Spring, not hot enough for Summer– a nameless season. (figtreepress.co.uk/liminal.htm)

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May December Be

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Jim Stewart

You are younger than my daughter, but you are not my daughter. The rich human history of young women and old men is a cross-grain of joyful noise and heartache. Wisdom is the most valuable attribute in both directions, a … Continue reading →

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