Haiku Sequence

                                                                           MOUTHE, FRANCE

                                                                           Sunday

                                                                           chickens scratching in the road

                                                                           the flying dust

                                                                           at the lumber mill

                                                                           only the river noises

                                                                           and the wind

                                                                           moss covered church

                                                                           creeping through the open door

                                                                           the warmth of May

                                                                           in the graveyard

                                                                           one freshly weeded patch

                                                                           the sharp lettering

 

Modern Haiku, 1974