As I reach for sleep

Raindrops smatter the rooftop

Soporifically

From Ariel via text msg.

Rain forest walking

Ferns unfurl crystaline green

New life amoung us

Sent by Abi Hicks from New Zealand via BlackBerry

Squatting by the road

Peeing under the moon light

What could be better

By my lovely daughters
Sent via BlackBerry from New Zealand

Time for departures,

This world more lonesome each year:

My mother has died.

The pain of parting

So sharp she thrust a dagger

In her daughter’s heart

(via Twitter / John Hicks)

She rose before me:

Indentation of her head

Left on her pillow

(via Twitter / John Hicks)

Heading Home from DC Trip

Leaving my daughters

Each will trod her separate path

Dark night, shooting stars

(via Twitter / John Hicks)

Confused my children

Left a disc of vintage porn

In my DAUGHTER’s book

(via Twitter / John Hicks)

Leaving my children

The sadness an old habit

Now hurts just the same

Ichetucknee springs

Sea cows in the river

Not one did we see

(Collaborative haiku by me, Ariel & Clifton)