Monday, January 31, 2022

sherku: dry triptych

Dry 1

very few remakes
are better than
the original
so which one is art


Dry 2

I went to
the Van Gogh
immersive
exhibit
and did not
even get wet


Dry 3

"I dream of
painting then
I paint my dream"
if only
we all could
do that too


Reflection on my visit to the Van Gogh immersive experience

Sunday, January 30, 2022

sherku: warmth

Variegated 
Soft fibers
Shades of tan
Carefully 
Counted and
Crocheted warm


sherku: rest

storm clean up
shovels, blowers, 
plows, backs bending,
heavy breathing 
earns a good rest



sherku: all in

Finish clearing 
The snow, take
A walk, photos
Along the way
Home for breakfast


sherku: blizzard 5

Use this method
Or that one
Either way
The carrots
Come out just
delicious


Another way of saying my wife's method of preparing the soup was not the one I used

Saturday, January 29, 2022

sherku: blizzard 4

Basho's verse
Stops and starts
Snow drift bends
And curls to
A point away
From the wall


Upon completion of Jane Hirshfield's The Heart of Haiku


sherku: blizzard 3

Think of snow
A few flakes
Gently falling 
Not this time
Small powders
Mad dash left


sherku: blizzard 2

Snow flakes swirl
So much motion
I'll wait until
They settle
Before shoveling



sherku: blizzard 1

The wind has 
Swirled a
Bare spot in
The middle
Of the snow
Covered driveway





Friday, January 28, 2022

sherku: solution

Stuck on a
Problem? step
Back, let it
Simmer until
The solution
Pops right up


sherku: Legos

Many shapes
And colors
Ability
To create 
Whatever
When it clicks


Tuesday, January 25, 2022

sherku: work rate 3

mincing a
garlic clove
doesn't take
long but you
remember 
it for a while


sherku: work rate 2

with two shovels
and twenty 
minutes I can 
clear the driveway 
of an inch of snow


sherku: work rate 1

ten shirts an hour
is what it takes
me to handle
my dress shirt
ironing


sherku: rice

many grains 
of rice so small 
and precious 
white or long grain 
a meal staple

 

Monday, January 17, 2022

sherku: turning

Evolution
Sunflower like
Turning towards
Light always
Away from dark

sherku: wings

Hunger drives
Life cycle
Compression
Expansion
Chrysalis
Opens to fly 


sherku: guardian

Who's around
To give you a
Pat on the back
For doing what
Needs to be done


sherku: pebbles

Stone in my shoe
Stops movement
until removed
And tossed away
To resume stride


Saturday, January 15, 2022

sherku: syllable quintet

Vocal beats
Compose the phrase
Build to the
Sentence and
More to the
Full story



Paint spots not

Pointillist

Impressionist 

Threads woven

Tapestry

For all time



Translating

Images

And wonder

An attempt

To bring you

Along the ride



Breathe rhythm 

Of heart beats

I just wanted

You to know

That this is

Me trying



You show me

Many colors 

In the tapestry

I can't see 

with anyone else




Inspired by conversation at the writer's group about syllables and sherku; at the same time informed by video of Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift albums on Disney. A fun way to spend a cold day!


Friday, January 07, 2022

sherku: more practice

Ten inches
No problem
Snow thrower
Won't start up
No problem
Shovels ready


Ready for part two with shovels
Ready for part two with shovels; after all was done, I did get the snow thrower working for next time 





Monday, January 03, 2022

sherku: blizzard '78

Across the
Wide freeway the
Pyramid rose
As white as
The snow we sledded

Sunday, January 02, 2022

sherku: birthmark duo

Came back again
Infliction 
More cruel 
Not creation
A revelation 


Turning back
Another long cloak
Shrouding the truth
Of what he
Already was





"he came back again and again to the notion that his inflictions of pain, which grew more cruel and calculated with every passing year, were not creations but revelations, each turning back another cloak shrouding the truth of what he already was. “A birthmark,” he wrote to me. "



Saturday, January 01, 2022

sherku: naive

Once upon a time
Innocence
Was something 
We all thought we
Could hold onto


sherku: starting now

Do look up
Do look down
Do look around
Center self
Take a breath
Go forward