Sunday, May 24, 2009

Montreal Haiku







Snow in gusty bursts
manor room on mount royal
my roman a clef






In cafe windows
on Sainte Catherine street
a poet's white ghost






A book-of-hours sky
frames the city’s old quarter
buoyant in cold air






Animal figure
on snowy storefront sidewalk
empty winter street












In vieux Notre Dame
a double harpsichord fugue
wooden ships in mid-air






A maze of ice pools
surrounds the palace of ice
eerie alone there






Champs-de-Mars

Down from the old town
this terrace to the next train
no one knows I’m here






High rise ornaments
Christmas on other planets
the wreath of doom













November 2005

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