2026, everyday words, Haiku, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

the weeds they kill: haiku

4.

the tiny purple flowers
other equinox children
we both survive

5.

each spring I stand
unequivocally absurd
with the weeds they kill

[Daybook 2026 // Spring 3.21.26

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2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, Poetry Month 2024, river life, spring, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

Untitled Series 1 (2024) 27-29

27.

most days Fool’s energy runs the machine

few understand the divinity in such a statement

go ask the wharf possum and salamander

28.

lie in this lingering morning
release and float

this dream current lasts
only as long as the water

29.

accompanied by yesterevening’s coffee, a fresh pipe
the morning breeze, and birdsong sing

I count the new dandelions and yellow ciniquefoil

beauty: and in the distance, sirens

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