watching the swimmer
as she passesthrough patchesof light(her bent armsbracketingeach breath)she slowsas thoughthe weight ofthe sunis draggingherdown
snowball assassins
meand johnand peteand keithare pissingin the snowwriting the namesof our true loveslouiseand mollyand lauraand jobut with fumbling fingersand shivering hands(and only half a can of cokebetween us at break-time)we can only managel-o-uand m-o-land l-aexcept for keithwho stands triumphantwith pen in handand while we mock himfor having a girlfriendwith only two lettersin her namewe are secretly jealousof the exclamation markhe has added to the end'i am shouting her name'he manages to proclaimbefore he is cut downin his primeby the three evilsnowball assassinsof class 4H
haiku 2006 one
pausing in the snowa robin, fresh from murder,looks me in the eye
reef
my arms around your neckyour legs around my waistwe are knot in love