Insect haiku [5 syllables]

Breathes but has no lungs

Hears but has no ears 

Nose but has no nose

Denis Streeter.   2/22/20

what it's not

an inclement is not a spade
a mint made with wrinkles
it is a unit of measurement
it is the inclementation of the possible
a fermentation of the snot


denis streeter   2/15/19


Stalemate

Philosopher theologians
Agnostic atheists
Watched meteor showers
Wondering
And watching each other

denis streeter    4/20/16

sand piper

A full moon 

And the neighbors are dead

Useless crying in untoward times

in a logjam the fruit was empty

enemy grown short and wide

no temperature gauge

noon on fire in moon rage

a pillar of salt to test the rest

a corner pie to come

sharp without edges, warm without why

constitution analyze 

fist gone dead without a prize

lakes look launder lose reside

yearly favors tossed aside

other terrors reap their hide 

longing grassy kingdom come

a liquid wall balls up in dress

when valentines do not confess

ladders hold their tongue.  preacher man looks on

to hide full moon what must get done 

a carpenter know Christ Almighty

that dirge like dance empties toward

drops in lakes of pores

does not frown the next ignore

sitters walk unpaid, dogs read restless

sleep in branches

sunsets do not follow

logic drops behavior.  not so bad

lighting fixture pane

lattice left behind ping pang pong

neighbors deadly use for you

untoward licence against

three grown fools recompense 

against the night they're gone

no ladder for blather

burns the night

no one after

seize the sun

done is done

denis streeter     2/16/20