Sample Spontaneous Western Haiku

Spontaneous Western Haiku #773*

“ My head is a hair garden .

                        Gray matter ?

Fertilizer for the seeds . ”

Footnote.
* A self-actualized dumb blond ?

Spontaneous Western Haiku # 99*

My heart grows cold and

I fear it may fall

without the warmth of your hand

Footnote:
* A postcard for Jackie

"That salted lemon peel that she calls her tongue..."

"It's not red.

                                              *
                  "It's not green."

Footnotes:
* Yes, ok, I know what you're saying, "Oh no, not

another incomprehensible poem of non-rhyme!"

But how do you know that a close reading of

this poem, taking into consideration word

selection, juxtaposition, and contextual

manipulation, would not yield a deeper
                                             *
understanding of the human condition?

                   * And if the above statement is accepted
                                    as rational, is it not also reasonable
                                    to assume that the above poem,
                                    "Spontaneous Western Haiku #254",
                                    with its combination of simplicity and
                                    multiple complexities, could itself
                                    indeed be considered a metaphor for
                                    life?

Spontaneous Western Haiku # 254

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