Birds singing early
Car tires whooshing on asphalt
Laptop keys tapping
Haiku: Morning Music
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Haiku: Going Wireless
Computer’s dying
One more dire adjustment
Nothing seems the same
A little laptop
New writing companion
I won’t miss the wires.
Haiku: Constructive Possibilities
Tuck pointer drills squeal
Attack old crumbling mortar
Banish the raindrops
No longer mop ups
No towels on window sills
All's well for a time
Ancient skills remind
In midst of present chaos
Hope for new outcomes
Haiku: Life In the Time of Covid-19
Wind howls like Winter
Blooming trees herald Springtime
My window sole view
Musical Accompaniment
Back in the fifties
In my teenage years
Music was all about dancing
We slow-danced and we jitterbugged
Answering rhythms with our feet
Bodies young and happy
Legendary Red Tops band
In the Mississippi Delta
Had a tune which stopped the show
When Rufus McKay sang Danny Boy
Golden trumpet soaring high
We stood still entranced
Fashion Statement
Fringe hangs over my eyes
Now tickles my nose
Neck just a mess
Coiffures in vogue
Indiscriminate styles
Ever since haircuts became
Obsolete
Once Upon a Time
We met again in a magical moment
Forty years later
At our high school reunion
Time suddenly shrunk
To the here and now
We fell in love
For the first time together
We had each traveled that road before
Then sadly reached the end of the journey
Now everything sparkled
Snuggly close and splendid
For a while
Until gauzy distance
Seemed what we preferred
Haiku: New Time Zone
Day without routine
Like a slow dripping faucet
Fills space in due time
Calendar empty
Clock almost irrelevant
I feel oddly free
New problems to solve
Call for creativity
And also good luck
I hit the jackpot
Found browsing Amazon
Large cache of TP
Haiku: Street Food
On long summer days
We sat on the curb waiting
For the sound of bells
We longed for the taste
Colored ice for tongues’ licking
Refreshment from heat
He was our hero
Bright memory of childhood
The popsicle man
Teenage Playlist Fifties Style
All the Things You Are, You’ll Never Walk Alone, Grand March from Aida, Stranger in Paradise, Some Enchanted Evening…you get the idea. I loved Broadway Musicals, Operas and Hit Parade Tunes. My son recently added to my repertoire with tapes he created for me of the music of Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington and Harold Arlen. You see, once upon a time we vintage-aged folk were the original golden oldies.
