Haiku

The road goes ever On and on … on and on … for One thousand pages.

(With apologies to Tolkien!)

Across the water, Returned from the underworld, move forward again.

(Edit: too many syllables)

Zeno’s paradox, Creeping to both things dreaded And things beloved.

Red sunset dying Against the canal waters; I continue on.

A man aflame in The fervor of the divine Is a burning bush.

Polenta, my polenta. You don’t go out by yourself. Friends make you more fun.

Tampa is flooded. Cars ford inundated streets Like urban rivers.

Me asleep on you. Longing, I dream tonight of You asleep on me.

Cans like honeycomb Stacked on my desk. Is this some Caffeine addiction?

Micah in the rock. The mountain sparkles out from Underneath the moss.