Archive for August, 2021


Haiku for Barefoot

Sun dries her sandals
Wicks away summer water
Life becomes the mist

cc: Chagall 2021

T.F. Goode

Sometimes I find
I cannot get
the wooden match
to burn

Though it says
strike any surface
to light

Mine doesn't conflagrate
after first spark
- an orange glow of hope, and then
pffffft

Hey, I am not
talking euphemistically 
here

I am discussing 
matches

real 
pfffffuckin'
matches

cc: Chagall 2021

reflect the imperceptible
flutter of butterfly

shadow the slow
fade of the lash

backlight the winged
convocation of eagle

way above
the canopy

at the base of the blade
of scented grass

linger the day's
closing rays

cc: Chagall 2021

Sour Dough

I say goodbye
to the culture
that raised me

I have been 
chosen to be
bread

cc: Chagall 2021

Requiem

on my way inside
I pass a furry bee
busy by the screen door

she is beautiful
in sunlight

I say 
Take care of things
out here while I'm gone!

cc: Chagall 2021

Twice Untitled

…anyway…I still keep my nuts in the freezer…

cc: Chagall 2021

No Beads

She would stand by the sink, washing dishes, smiling,
and she'd shake the plastic covers quite violently by hand, 
to whip them dry, and I remember the wonderful sensation
of being bombarded by tiny cold droplets of water about my body

cc: Chagall 2021

The Lilt

sometimes I leave my sheet music 
outside overnight, not necessarily
intentionally

and it weathers the storm, especially
when there's sunshine to warm it

though some of the sharp creases
over the years begin to resemble
musical score, I have learned which 
notes to play, which not, and also
when to rest or not to play at all

the melody is
what the melody is

cc: Chagall 2021

Tableau

she sets the table,
beautiful porcelain plates

not new, rather...relics
from an old box of best wishes

days of most promise

a hope to gather people 
to imbibe life

just two of us
here now

opposites, each other
over-lit candles

cc: Chagall 2021