SHATTERED

"He that is without sin..." John 8:7

a st-one's th-row a-way a g-lass
ho-use at which s-tones are thr-own
at w-itch s-ton-es s-to-nes st-on-es thr-ow-n th-rough
wind-ow at w-it-ch thro-ugh win-d-ow
fro-m in-side a gl-ass
ho-us-e devo-id of mirr-or-s
de-void in-s-id-e an-d out no-t
on-e sin-gle pain-ted gl-as-s
of liv-in-g w-at-er

©2013 by G. Newton V. Chance

RAIN ARIA (A RAIN AIR)

hi-hat overhead
cymbal-flash and thunder-rolls
rain-brush keeping time

©2013 by G. Newton V. Chance

RAIN ON ROOF

all night rain on roof
need no further proof
rainy season here

©2013 by G. Newton V. Chance

MAD BULL

Bulls are elated

each time a mad matador

is gored in the groin.

©2013 by G. Newton V. Chance

APRIL SHOWERS

Rain, rain, the short-lived

sound of rain upon my roof.

April showers bless.

©2013 by G Newton V Chance

25/30 SNOOZE

Wake up with haiku,

take another tired snooze;

get up, haiku gone.

©2013 by G Newton V Chance

WATERWOMAN

I replaced the candle holder on my wall

with a painting by an artist unknown,

brought back by my wife from Habana,

of a woman with jug upon her shoulder –

I call her Waterwoman. She reminds me

of my mother and the women of her era,

how they would carry a bucket brim-full

on their heads from the river without

spilling one single drop of water. Such 

natural grace and poise as of a gazelle; 

Africa, across ocean, soft-wired in DNA;
each one a beauty, each one a queen,
each one a beauty queen, like Oshun,

flowing, fluid, each one a waterwoman.

©2013 by G. Newton V. Chance