Another Chain of Haiku

1) PLANTED

Potted agave/

aggressively resilient--

sharp for years on end.

2) For Fussy Foliage

The aloe is in

shock/ not appreciating

its re-potting, browns.

3) (Lost in the Moment, or a Moment Lost?)

writing, I forgot

that I was even writing

in view to be read

4) ...the bird that dwells in every city...

sidewalk cafe stop//:

a deformed pigeon hops up

onto the ruin of my lunch...

5) A NICHE/A NEST

Noble gothic forms

chiseled in their stone arches:

streaked with pigeon shit.

6) [...]

misted miasma

mildewing moldering must

all will return to

7) [Timelapses] Momentary Freedom from Care

it is like a pale

fire or else a frozen flame:

spring evening will start

8) so, non-paradoxically

pines, tall but never

proud preach not humility

far from snow in may

9) You Could Make it More than a Fortune Cookie Stereotype

come the wintertide

and you will see the beauty

of the evergreen

10) .realities of ocular formalities.

reading is like the

listening I do with my

eyes when I hear books

11) FAMILIARIZED

My cat, heedless of

verses and tales contained, sits,

blinks upon my book.