H  A  I  K  U     S  P  I  R  I  T
Richard Stevenson




wedding by the lake --
two synchronized kites
swoop in unison

 



(for Mark & Jody Randall, Nelson, BC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

two feet maybe,
but, oh, how the fledgling sings
to have made the hop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deep dusk --
midle-aged man
and his trusty pad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a febrile web --
my wife's angry talk
with my daughter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cold coffee dregs --
a single gull circles
a blustery sky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

little wind turbine --
I remember the turbanned elf
on the pudding pack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicken picnic --
the robin gawks at me
from the fence

 

 

 

 

 

 

watering the lawn --
robin chortles away
from the lowest limb

 

 

 

 

two yellow leaves ...
or a McDonald's wrapper
in the cottonwood?

 

 

 

 

Canada Day --
more strokes and head pats
for the smiling dog

 

 

 

 

so windy I can't
sit here long enough to write
these three lines

 

 

 

 

even low
between two houses
I hold my hat

 

 

 

 

father and son
one fishing pole
one fish

 

 

 

 

still cool --
birds titter in top branches
of the cottonwoods

 

 

 

 

one black feather --
a tidings of magpies
bow heads and squawk










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