haiku from the desert
sunset's flame
pale moon floats up -
good hunting!
hotpink blooms
hedgehog cactus
hailing summer
coyote digs
in dry desert sand -
a skull grins
lightning tears
clouds heavy with rain:
water, water!
cactus wren nests
fill sahuaro's holes -
an owl waits
crows quarelling
over pink scraps:
index or thumb?
javalinas' lairs
dug in dry creek walls -
jojoba roots bared
tripping over
a rotten tree trunk:
whose bite stings?
cottontails nibble
grass of golf course greens -
shadows paint stripes
Izabel Sonia Ganz
January - December 1998
haiku from Quintana Roo
red handprints
around descending god -
gawking tourists
moist and salty
unforgettable
kiss of a dolphin
closed white sand beaches
uprooted rainforests
new roads and resorts
Izabel Sonia Ganz
August 1998
haiku in the dark
driving along
a windswept road
"no vacancy"
last leaves
on bare branches
waiting for snow
rainsoaked sheets
by a dumpster:
yesterday's Times
railroad tracks
curve into distance
coming and going
Izabel Sonia Ganz
November 1998
cat haiku
moon rising
stars and cats' eyes
dim their shine
a sick cat -
aching paws stretch
through my heart
black tomcat
watching a nest -
worried dove flaps wings
cactus wrens squawk
on the verandah:
cat's jaws applaud
Izabel Sonia Ganz
December 1998
haiku for December
Solstice night
celebrating
the dark goddess
christmas lights -
power companies
rake it in
old man's house -
oasis of peace
from xmas glare
christmas trees:
tinsel and wrappings for
tomorrow's trash
winter months
in Valley of the Sun --
feeding hummers
Izabel Sonia Ganz
December 1998
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