Pegasus

galloping

through the galaxies

Pegasus

Astronauts

in their flimsy boat

bobbing through the galaxy

seven star sailors

all his love letters

written from Machu Picchu

returned to sender

their old love letters

clothespinned to the backyard fence—

fluttering prayers

Milk splashed in a bowl—

as I touch it with my tongue,

cat and I are one.

touched by spirits

among the red lanterns

O holy night

Colossus of Rhodes—

when the old man reads these words,

he hauls out his maps.

mausoleum art

a single pistachio

in the dead man’s mouth

Arrow flying true,

Artemis claims victory

over a roebuck.

haiku warrior

three lines slashed on rice paper

thunder and lightning