A Poem About Goodbye

the poem is about goodbye
which I don’t want to write.
the heartbreak is about
those memories which will
never rhyme.
the story is real but
the characters will never read.
the poem is about that goodbye
which will happen when
the time is right.
An American haiku about goodbye

and I wrote the poem and walked away
the word Goodbye I scattered quietly
sadly no one will know about it.

A Poem about Childhood
The hazelnut sky swirled in my dreams
and I could see the mocha butterfly
in the garden hovering over the flowers.
The fragrance of hot cocoa and the
chocochip muffins on the table
that childhood picnic which
I had left behind in that neverland.
That kind of memory I could…
An American haiku about writing

grab the page
write it now before the story
walks away.
hold the words,
twirl them in your mind
before they fade.