- Gary Hunter
haiku - June 14, 2022
the poems I write
hors d'oeuvres snacks appetizers
on to the next course
the poems I write
hors d'oeuvres snacks appetizers
on to the next course
I apologize if you’re looking for campfire stories and not this twisted art of over-the-top descriptions and mirroring metaphors every poet wants a rapt reader a syllabic sleuth to follow the clues
guess I need to buy a flag that can only be raised half-mast one that comes doubled-knotted mid rope or maybe a half flag I can pull up full mast perhaps it should have 50 bullets instead of stars
I didn’t give my poetry teacher an apple so she can think of me in a better light I give her a homegrown tomato which by the way is shaped a lot more like the thing I’m aiming for her heart