The Coast (Haiku)

"The velvet night was starry,as we sat eating Calamari,when down the face of my friend so dear,slid a single sweet shimmering tear.Why did the tear roll from her lid?Could she have choked on the squid?..."

"Creepy crawly critter,lived 'neath the living room floor.The zoo-keeper was an old man,he'd lived to be nearly four.There were giraffes and lions and tigersand snaggle toothed crocodiles,some great be..."

"Smog Stinks! Excuse me, I beg to differ. If it does then why do millions live in New York City? Is black smog pretty? No, but, Battery Park is. You can see Liberty standing as if she's the one making..."

"Percy was a dragon with thick green scales and long pointed claws instead of toenails. Strength in his wings to fly over the land, and fire in his belly to leave a fiery brand. Good knights would rid..."

"I search my thoughts for rhythm and rhyme,delicately seasoned like basil and thyme.Words that are pleasing to the inner self,to be read and wept over, not put on a shelf.Lines that convey what I reall..."

"The old man sat down, starting to tireOn a hoary old stone next to the byreThoughts drifted through of his long ago pledgeAs his old leather boot toed some sedgeAt his side his friend, an aging steedW..."