Haiku

We dedicate this to Kassandra, David, and their beloved Soulmate Fringe

Our dear friends,...

Photograph is of the 1410 Building where I worked

In April of 1964, two months after my first wife...

Photograph of The Maypole Dance, Fairview High School, circa 1960's
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An event dating back...

In the Summer of 1964, I was dealing in coins full time;
Foreign ones were really hot then, the...

I guess I'm you late night call
Your drunken kiss
The girl you miss
When you taste...

My Father’s favorite TV show, on Friday nights back then;
Was Dean Martin’s wild hour, oft those...

Photograph of us last night at Karaoke with our friends, Kassandra and Dave
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Each day we...

Inspired by Enya’s beautiful song, “Tea-House Moon

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The last moon that you would ever see...

Having eloped, now with a license in my hand, I called my Mom and Dad;
They were vacationing in...

Inspired by my wife's and my anger at these Social Injustices

I always thought in the United...

Inspired by the beautiful song from Phantom Of The Opera

In the wee hours of the morning, again I...

Trains enrage at bridge
Tunnels go dark to the light
Sun roars loud like heart

The day that I turned twenty-one, July 20th, nineteen sixty-five;
It became legal for me to buy a...

I’ve been visiting this gravesite, for over forty years;
Mourning the passing of my Father, crying...

the darkness \ 4 haiku poems \ aiad al khayat
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I'll hide a secret
Years later...

I have a funny story to relate, about the famous Della Reese;
One night, while watching Johnny...

I remember the first time that I saw him, in the middle of the night;
In the corner of our...