haiku for the taliban (23/30)

do you veil her eyes
for her chastity or to
admit you have none?

rock and roll betty haiku #7

*for brownin*

humming a Stones song.
the title? three words summing
up every morning.

haiku 3.8.12

if that train was late,
would your lips still slide open
for lust in transit?

haiku 2.28.12

just like dice on felt
i tumble to futures not
known; betting on will.

haiku 2.7.12

timid lovers are
the teeth of lions that break
before love's own flesh.

for the brothers on the corner haiku #5

an empty pocket
isn't cold man; but your grave
probably will be.

haiku 1.25.12

if i only knew
a frost came with spring, i would
have kissed you longer

haiku 1.17.12

your lips became cups
of peach tea sipped at slowly;
the burn still lingers.

haiku 12.29.11

glass ceilings above
don't cut when you crash through them;
pain comes long after.

haiku 12.28.11

the heart lays siege to
all like hand grenades; no lies
can quench that fire.

haiku 12.22.11

no longer do i
imagine you naked; your
eyes expose plenty

haiku 12.17.11

*for brownin'*

no cut of the moon
matches the glow of your eyes;
they light my dreams best.

haiku 12.6.11

your soft legs meeting
whisper to me with lips wet
and a dry smile

peach blossom haiku

*for brownin'*

little did i know
your lips bore the sweet seeds that
peach blossoms grew from

tender thighs haiku

i'm aware that your
legs makes denim sing; i just
want to learn the words.

slowing sunlight haiku

*for brownin'*

could loving me from
a distance make your eyes burn
less than your heart does?

desire and lightning haiku

unlike lightning bolts
i won't scar you but i can
fully charge your heart

haiku 11.21.11

his eyes looked for God
while their eyes searched for his soul
gone through gunshot wounds

haiku 11.15.11

i want you so bad
i could fuck away those long
miles between us

quiet snowflake haiku

snowflakes become flames
licking my skin, walking in
a winter unsure