Haiku sequence

 

                                                                    SAN FERNANDO MISSION

 

                                                            a dusty trail

                                                            of  eucalyptus -

                                                            bells in the distance

 

                                                            a hot wind

                                                            through gray leaves-

                                                            sunlight blinking

 

                                                            doves cry

                                                            behind the white-washed church,

                                                            "You're a fool."

 

                                                            in the dark doorway,

                                                            eyes shut at the white sand-

                                                            a stabbing light

 

                                                            a power saw,

                                                            breaking the three o'clock silence-

                                                            the day moves on

Modern Haiku