140 syllables of Debris

Like every lawyer, I carry inside me the debris of a poet. Tony, host of the always-edifying Other Men’s Flowers, has kindly provided an outlet for my debris. He is staging a poetry contest, and offering, as a prize, a £20 contribution in the winner’s name to the Save the Children Fund. Here’s my seasonally-themed [...]

Thanks for wizened old junky poets

Holy hyperlinks

Pray per click.

5-7-5

My love of haiku dates back to December 1989. I was in graduate school in Chicago at the time, and I went with a friend to spend the holiday break at his home in Austin. We heard a local band1 do a song called “Christmas Haiku.” For days, maybe even weeks, we made up our [...]