tiny poems by Grant Hackett
Three Haikoan (#s 13, 14, 15) published in Heliosparrow!
a dream of two birds
tied together
flying toward some naked trees
for years i expect
his dying breath
to wash ashore beside me
full of the wars
i am wearing
a shirt soaked with life
spirals of seeds
top tall dried weeds—
my path through the field completes a circle
moon so fragile
blue sky
shone through
warm bed
old soul
blanket of snow
from cloud to limb to ground
junco and snow
so i go
to be a little light
i see
mercury on the horizon
seeing the limbs that fell last night—
angry winds
wild chimes
walking with the green sea
walking with a gift
tumbled from it
wind moans
feet cold
clouds running ahead of the sun
my hair is thin
snow and wind
the oriole nest abandoned
lifted a potato from the earth
tuberculosis
asleep in my chest
lighting a candle
closing my eyes
sunrise