my ‘heart haiku’ (published in Sketchbook’s haiku thread Jan-Feb Vol 6 issue)
My choices
hearts of romaine—
between them candles flit
in the silence
she finds the embryo
of the seed–
not his heart
monitor—
his heart’s dips and coasts
but where is love?
losing a heartbeat–
on the hollow of her neck
and on her wrist
Editor’s choice included under ‘maternal love’
heartbeat—
her hand on her belly
searching for it
a city asleep (for One Shoot Sunday)
Fifth Avenue
tonight breathes
on its own–
dreaming of tin stars
pulsing on its breast
the drummer boys
march to the silence
to a city veiled
in plumes of heaven–
not from gutters for once
the day’s cacophony
drowns in the quiet
steps both furred and steeled
jangles of gears and iron
grating in its belly
only the soughing song
of an empty shell
rises floats on invisible lights
those piercing slants
from tips that hold up the sky
in unison tin soldiers
rhyme the even sigh of sleep–
no siren screaming
screeches to halt the drumming
the shimmering of stars
Posted for One Shoot Sunday from a photo of Rockefeller Center on Fifth Avenue on Christmas by Adam Dustus. Join other poets at One Stop Poetry blog who write verses for love, read those of others, leave a word of encouragement and/or insight with the same love and respect. Post your piece on your blog and sign up in the Mr. Linky list.