one-line linked haiku
october 30-november 20 2002

Suhni Bell and Marlene Mountain


 
  Marlene Mountain  

 

Marlene

 

'his face camouflaged'

1s
his face camouflaged in shadows the sniper's son apologizes

2m
do we bomb putin who 'gassed his own people'

3s
heroin-based all her decisions those last few weeks before the note

4m
cold creeps into a haiku as it begins

5s
huddled beneath pendleton blankets natives debate immigration

6m
a breeding ground for patriotism nonpatriotism

7m
'love it or leave it' which uncrooked country has a field of daises

8s
buried evidence the invaders are the historians

9m
an idea dropped behind to rot takes hold in a far-fetched mountain

10s
born again every 28 days more or less

11m
i live in moons within calendars which deny our mother's creation

12s
weathered her handprints entering the cave

13m
in damp air a wren calls from a stand of poplars gone autumn

14s
outside the window new colors d r i f t into my palette

15m
warning after the forewarning of that black gold alaskan quake

16s
slick & shifty who's making smallpox a weapon

17m
be a good boy be prepared to believe in anything higher than you

18s
separation of church & state sworn into office on a bible

19s
so many white/male/straight politicians so many pompous comb-overs

20m
pampas grass leans a little out of its place

21s
creaky wooden steps new in town a crow's feather tells my future

22m
older and wiser when needed the least

23s
fresh out of prison barbed wire tattoos ready to keep me unemployed

24m
after they rammed the broom the blue silence

25s
divorce coiled in a glimmer of steel something shimmers in her voice

26m
the polygamist full of his ideals for them

27s
twisting in the wind another lost cause lost on the hill

28m
on the edge a butterfly wing

29s
smoky phantoms and fairy frost healing amethysts on sale

30m
matristic potions charred stakes cooked women

31m
tv talk show all they're still saying give testosterone a fat chance

32s
first light sawmill in the forest after a quiet night

33m
electric heat on lower than necessary in such a hot cruel world

34s
power lines above a billboard for breast cancer awareness

35m
home at last a deer grazes where a grouse grazed this morning

36s
across the courtyard 'honey howdaya spell holler'

 

Copyright Marlene Mountain - Suhni Bell, 2003