Bikeu & Hikeu

Trees please

2010-04-20T22:29:00.002-05:00

Would you tell me please,
oak, pine, sycamore--which trees,
which ones made me sneeze?

countdown

2010-04-19T12:26:00.000-05:00

only three hours of sleep
two wheels, one freezing headwind
no time now to weep

Running

2010-04-16T09:34:00.000-05:00

Tires pollen yellow
dogwood blooms red and white to
CVS I go.

summer morning

2009-07-06T11:35:00.001-05:00

three AM thunder
four thirty drizzly bike ride
swim then damp ride home

sunrise

2009-07-04T15:18:00.002-05:00

flowing freezing air
hypothermia threatens
then I ride uphill

Sad day

2009-06-20T10:59:00.001-05:00

Walking my Shadow
Remembering her cousin
Sympathy to all

forces of nature

2009-05-20T22:29:00.002-05:00

unlike my cousin
uphill downwind homeward beats
upwind outward ride

oops

2009-05-19T15:20:00.001-05:00

where has my mind gone
i made the perfect haiku
then it slipped away

Reflections on a morning ride

2009-04-27T10:51:00.001-05:00

My bus passed by me
Dogwood blossom cloud hung low
Light stream ran to sea

spring

2009-04-24T21:53:00.000-05:00

turn off the ipod
listen to nature singing
walk around outside

First day back

2009-04-23T09:08:00.000-05:00

Laptop in panniers
with clothes and shoes paid my dues
in full in arrears

Frustration

2009-01-07T14:49:00.001-05:00

four o'clock snowplow
leaves icy snow berm before
first swim class this year

Been meaning to test Cell

2008-12-09T18:07:00.001-05:00

Been meaning to test
Cell phone return character
For writing haiku.

early morning

2008-12-05T15:29:00.001-05:00

sole swimmer observes
underwater lane marks form
perfect reflections

dark beach road

2008-11-20T12:03:00.002-05:00

4:30 fog makes
strangers of the shapes you know
black seas shush; horns low

faster

2008-09-24T09:50:00.002-05:00

dead wind flags hang limp
predawn fog draws on me to
beat my old best time

Air on a Wire

2008-09-23T19:56:00.003-05:00

Big blow, little puff:
Kite breeze fights my flow outside
Prana pulls me home

Swim

2008-07-09T19:43:00.001-05:00

follow the black line
somersault, kick off the wall
back to the deep end

Ride

2008-07-09T19:42:00.002-05:00

down the hill upwind
up the hill wind at my back
ride uphill both ways

Run

2008-07-09T19:42:00.001-05:00

go get my leash now
open the door and take me
to chase the squirrels

2007-12-14T22:50:00.000-05:00

bury nose in snow
toss the head and prance away
hunting for snow mice

The time a heart keeps

2007-08-13T13:15:00.000-05:00

Slow, heavy shovel swings
Sand and stones landing on wood
Silent, steady schuckling

parenting

2007-08-04T23:57:00.000-05:00

don't copy me child
I set a poor example
learn your own bad words

fire season

2007-07-28T23:31:00.000-05:00

smoky horizon
trees and homes consumed by flames
it could have been here

wildlife

2007-07-28T23:25:00.000-05:00

mama looks, crosses
assuming it is safe now
calls her spotted fawn

why we cry

2007-07-17T07:53:00.000-05:00

wine turns over the years
to vinegar or elixir
laughter also brings tears

Rising and falling

2007-07-17T07:39:00.000-05:00

mourning, like diving
requires buoyancy and weight,
careful balancing

sterling light

2007-07-06T04:40:00.000-05:00

sprinkler mist washes me
silver fog from underground
makes me miss the sea

I'm no Richard Henry Dana or Hafez-e Shirazi

2007-06-29T22:24:00.001-05:00

Two poops at the flag
Stop. Squat. Grab. Wrap. Knot. Repeat.
Ghazals in the bag.

Evening Walks

2007-06-28T21:24:00.000-05:00

Moon and Venus glow
above the fading sunset
Saturn joins the dance

bats fly crooked paths
across the fading twilight
eating mosquitoes

a blue bowl upturned
with jagged orange edges
filled with evening light

white lights sliding down
across the distant mountain
red lights going up

walking in the dark
a million twinkling stars shine
one fell from the sky

rustle in the grass
bounding, running away fast
Shadow smells a deer

beat

2007-06-28T11:05:00.001-05:00

it warms my heart to see
light play on the slatted shade
straight sun blinds, they said

Sing We the Leis of Old

2007-06-27T23:26:00.000-05:00

not bouquets of words
we toss twisted little wreaths
nosegays in stern foam

Morning Walks

2007-06-25T13:12:00.002-05:00

we cross the wetland
climb up to the fork and choose
which way to go first

red wing blackbirds trill
when my dog walks on the road
ducks fly from water

maybe we go right
enjoy the early dawn
walk home in the shade

sometimes we go left
taking the shady way first
then towards the bright sun

angry barking dog
protecting territory
greeting us daily

Neighbors' bumper stickers

2007-06-25T08:16:00.000-05:00

"Smile, Jesus loves you."
"I do not like your Christians."
Who lives above you?

karma holiday

2007-06-20T18:51:00.000-05:00

gratification
isn't instant as karma is
work isn't vacation

ask why not

2007-06-20T12:01:00.000-05:00

the trail a blank sheet
no one riding here but me
and my excuses

Under cover

2007-06-15T07:03:00.000-05:00

Sisal Borsalino,
A baseball cap, a kippah,
Reveal what we know

2007-06-12T06:59:00.000-05:00

Apple, strawberry,
Cloying semitoxic plume
Trails her, makes me sneeze

The Livin' Is Easy

2007-06-11T06:58:00.000-05:00

Ch, ch, ch, ch, bzzz
Sprinklers chatter, hiss, and turn
Making bees dizzy

practicing

2007-06-01T07:45:00.001-05:00

the new day dawns still
empty and we breathe until
we have had our fill

Memorial Day 2007

2007-05-27T22:45:00.001-05:00

searching for quarters
lost in the dunes--in the sand
no quarter, no change

The Road Forks

2007-05-26T01:26:00.000-05:00

collaboration
two writers work the same chain
like a tandem bike

Riding past roadkill

2007-05-08T09:07:00.000-05:00

Around the blind bend
the ripe smell has not yet turned
bitter at the end

Honking

2007-05-07T09:06:00.000-05:00

Geese, high by the sun;
Dads, hard into soft white cloths;
Drivers, the bad ones.

Catkin to Claritin

2007-05-02T09:00:00.000-05:00

Catkin tumbleweeds
Roll yellow fog down the curb.
Where's my Claritin?

Inside Out

2007-04-30T12:44:00.000-05:00

bluetooth, cigarette
power windows, hot latte
the breeze light, grass wet

Riding Alone

2007-04-17T07:18:00.000-05:00

yellow forsythia

and pink magnolia petals

wheeling in the wind

Hospital Crosswalk

2007-04-12T08:51:00.000-05:00

The envelope side
has large block print: MRI
his gait slow, eyes wide

Growing old

2007-03-26T08:23:00.000-05:00

Taste of sleep or tears
flying or falling I can't tell
after all these years

From here

2007-03-21T08:57:00.000-05:00

Geese gather, crows squawk.
The blue lake reflects the hawk.
You fly away. I walk.

up the hill

2007-03-20T08:54:00.000-05:00

pianissimo
breath see-saws, silent, sighing
listen like a cat

Spring

2007-03-19T08:22:00.000-05:00

Frosty grass a geode,
icy blades snapped where I strode,
light the sun erodes

Many rivers

2007-03-16T11:54:00.000-05:00

again rain drops and lands

my breath condenses in clouds

rising, falling again

I'm not a McDLT

2007-03-13T11:53:00.000-05:00

sun warms and blinds me

sweat on my ear freezes my feet

the moon lifts the sea

snow white smiles

2007-02-26T13:31:00.000-05:00

pine boughs, needles, cones
snow, a foggy white blanket
smiles back as I ride

standing and flying

2007-02-22T09:13:00.001-05:00

90 p.s.i.,
clean chain, new crank, silent ride.
Seagulls stand on ice.

why I cry

2007-02-18T22:04:00.001-05:00

zephyr full of ice
sunlit bright hits my eyes at
twenty miles an hour

As ice

2007-02-06T11:09:00.001-05:00

tape blocks helmet vents:
clear, shiny, brittle, as ice
forms bright in my beard

My Scalp at 20 Degrees

2007-02-05T10:54:00.000-05:00

Drum skin tight, aching
ice, creaking, cracking, snapping;
melts in the shower