thursday

Wake from lucid dream
Birds under glass, I promise
You will come down soon

early morning sun
cleaning house and melting snow
praise all patron saints!

wednesday highkoo

desperate to leave
somehow traveling calms me
upset by mistake

right ear rings all day.
worry and wonder, future.
could use some sunshine!

tues highkoo

7:30 shovel
Roads barely plowed, cleaning spree
Stephanie rescues

regain routine rise.
afternoon with amanda
i love her dearly.

monday

Shovel for hours
Snow drifts four feet tall, feel trapped
Movie marathon

today punctuated
with final snow and big wind,
search for state of grace.

sunday haiku

Watch first snowflakes fall
Snow drifts grow and tracks fill in
We're so ungrateful

realism in scale
snow starts early & stays late
learning the guitar

xmas haiku saturday

Mom, alex, kelly
Felt bummed but Christmas was great
Quiet Christmas day

wake up with ease mid-
morning, relaxed christmas day.
let day's get longer!

christmas eve haiku friday

Too hot, wake at 5
See grandma and family
Leave for midnight mass

morning spent wrapping
house sweet and hot with baking.
a family dinner

thursday

School so loud, dizzy
Rush finish christmas shopping
Beat lab: lay down tracks

day of fifth grade hell
make art and resolutions
gives way to freedom

wednesday highkoo

first grade 3 days be-
fore christmas. busy excitement.
running all over

The narrows at dawn
Kids in school, they're so happy
They have so much hope

tuesday

6:20 arise
we walk along the river
still no sleep, sunset.

Sabra's christmas card
Rub tiger balm everywhere
8:15: in bed

monday hachoo

Shivering, sweating
Sleep til noon, christmas stockings
Work on allie's book

aide kindergarten
wake up and come home, hurray
make christmas cookies

sunday haiku

Exhale, open hips
Volcanoes, crumb buns, wet nose
Hot toddy then sleep

now stretch up those arms
come home, now they sit by sides
cocooned walk with cows

saturday

Drive past frozen lake
Shanghai prayers, angry santas
House on house on house

slow morning, prepared
good day in upstate ny
long night, ready, sleep.

friday haiku

start to finish day
look forward to friendship train
hurray it is here!

Preaching invades dreams
Nothing's better than best friend
Trains and cold platforms

thursday hi-coo

decided to quit
the best thing that you ever
had has gone away

needed solid night sleep
p.e. teacher two days, home
finish application

mid week haiku

5:50 am
hair froze, hands froze, off to school
yet another day

today in fifth grade
i got home, my paper came
cannot shake bad mood

tuesday

the first day with snow
gift search failure, tarot cards
cook 'til 12:30

(Voorheesville, NY)
2hr delay, 5hr with
17 first graders

monday hachoo

are you following?
i want long hair with curly,
who are you again?

Disguise is a lie
The snow, the first snow, fell so
Softly under foot

sunday haiku

wake with pounding head
engagement announced today
brainstorm, waves crashing

biggest wind and rain
so clean house & bring in wood
smallest calm and quiet

saturday

There's too much sadness
And serving drinks, then drinking
Don't make you a jerk

dia for the day
same art seen five years ago
why is there no change?

friday haiku

4:15: cats cry
Damn cats with all instinct gone
(Drink toilet water!)

first grade 9:00AM
remember names for children
remember, ta da

thurs frykoo

morning coat of snow
so actively inactive
can't stop once i start

wednesday highkoo

some days go so quick
blink an eye, drink some whiskey
in my mind elsewhere

no call, bright morning,
so many hours in the day,
try, make meaningful.

tuesday

Bus stop: same faces
Coal Yard: metrocard, new friend
Home: one year review

up with the sunshine
art teacher for three hours time
look into the river

monday

First flurries falling
Dressed in black and standing guard
Have you landed yet?

surprise morning snow
slows down and picks up the day
dark comes just the same.

sunday haiku

Alex's birthday
Throwing knives and stars, ocean grove
Patchwork record noise

we drive in the car
while small subtle snow flakes pass
places or back and forth

saturday

Wake to new jersey
We're old, but you are not mad
Records, knives, and glue

no no no no no
walk around lake in circles
yes yes yes yes yes

friday

Anticipation
Felt bummed before show (bad sign)
Twelve o five train home

go to school early
there's all kinds of commotion
day with third graders

thursday

So pleasant today
Open eyes, arm around me
Alone is ok

create villages
in drawing possible friends
next to each other

first haiku decemeber, wednesday

Last month of the year
Sideways sheets of rain, meeting
Klezimer music

so hard to wake-up
rainy day, power goes out
all the kids are scared