Haiku wishes for greener spaces and a kinder world
1. too-close stranger
heavy breath on high
2. compartmentalized
things shift during flight
ducking
3. acute tilt
airplane wing and turbulence
shade shutting
4. no longer possible
cityscape lights
5. blackened hallways
carpet schematics and signs
fallout shelter
6. fire escape
right outside the window
casement seal
7. lights always on
cardigans used as covers
new night ritual
8. swivel chairs
statistical foreign
language
9. one over other
conversation, pointers
trick questions
10. hard to chew sandwich
disappointing lunch
11. bourbon and beer
everything an import
unhappy hour
12. only in courtyards
and overpriced salads
necessary green
13. exhaust
sole remaining smell
dead roundabout trees
14. graffiti says
apocalypse beneath
rooftop gardens
15. no place to pee
crusty eyed poodles
short leashed
16. balanced on railings
kids in an orange haze
pigeon walking
17. over an exit
pedestrians on a bridge
crossing with pigeons
18. riveted to earth
driving nails in
an underpass
19. mourning dove
calling to a friend
20. too far from home
wildflower pollen
Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt, Copyright April 14, 2024, all rights reserved
