Found Joyce for a pound
while over Pound I’d rejoice
no matter the cost
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Category: Haiku
Won’t you cradle me?
Mother Earth will swallow you . . .
Ancient songs you’d sing
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Calliopes lilt up
stride down beautiful horses
sunlit carousels
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Tenements blaze hot
fire escapes melt, tar roofs boil
hope from ash ruins
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
She’s a waif at five
rosy-cheeked blossom at twelve
love at seventeen
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Children in schoolyards
still believe the world is round
but we know better
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
I wait for the end
my bold and final pas d’une
full house, empty seats
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
I understand now
the future stands behind us
till time is ready
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
I cherished this life
each morning spent over dew
to wait for the rains
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Why can’t elopers?
Melons and cantaloupes can
All you need’s thick skin
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
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