Haiku- Winter 2018/19

moonless and snowless,

a winter night slumbers

without its magic

the farmer’s US flag,

side of a produce truck

en español

dry gulch road,

sunset fills in the trees above

squaw hollow creek

black cat black cow,

a rooster crowing with the dogs,

christmas eve morn

fresh barbwire cuts

on the neck of the barn dog,

his steaming chortle

wind turbines

spinning in fallow fields-

dust to dust

Chicago rust belt,

ghosts in the fluorescence 

of the Amtrak cars

new years day,

the sky only manages a few

fresh flakes of snow

slowly the snowfall

sifting about passwords

for tomorrow’s landscape

after the blizzard,

a canvas, a page, a space

fulfilling sunshine

scent of wood smoke,

snow that tickles my face

erases my footsteps 

what is solitude-

a rabbit and blue moon light

upon the snow

another cold day-

joy of complaining about

unimportant things

all those sad songs

across the dial of the FM radio-

slushy roads

friday afternoon,

shadows in the office

settle down into place

Those italicized denote an annual holiday road trip to visit family in rural Oklahoma.