Fruit tree in gray
3 Things About This Artist Trading Card
- Drawn from light to dark with brush pens.
- The top half is more successful than the bottom.
- Someday I hope to move to the country and live sustainably.
Fruit tree in gray
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one haiku in the palm three lines print, print, print
one haiku
in the palm -- three lines
print, print, printThree Things About This Haiku
- My entire output for the month on November.
- Conceptual in nature, and therefore unhaiku-like.
- But I did compose it during a walk through nature.
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procession against the moonlight wisps of cloud
procession against the moonlight wisps of cloud
3 Things About This Haiku
- Big old Moon this weekend. The kind that fills a clear sky.
- Clouds are like prudes wanting to hide her nakedness.
- The light in moonlight could have a double meaning.
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I’m Going to End It All
Im going to end it all.
3 Things About This Artist Trading Card
- Should I have drawn another set of arms/legs?
- I thought about a lusher, green background, but went with gray.
- So cute! Don’t do it little bug!
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He started following me on Twitter
He started following me on Twitter.
3 Things About This Panel
- Children these days dress in naturally comic modes.
- Dogs are de rigueur in single panel comics. Dogs and deserted islands.
- If someone hasn’t already done this gag, I hereby claim it for Paisley Coats!
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siren wail the disquiet passing lights festive
siren wail the disquiet passing lights festive
3 Things About This Haiku
- Ambulances are like passing specters.
- And yet they are almost beautiful when divorced from their significance.
- I have similar ambivalent feelings about ice cream trucks.
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The Dispensation of Marty
He detailed the dispensation of every finger. Bones. Major organs. Where to bury his eyes — a Malibu beach. For years I kept Marty on ice. Years. Who knew Marty had that sort of testament?
Marty was more than a snitch. He was family. A last request is a brother’s duty.
3 Things About This Micro-fiction
- Strangely enough I find organized crime makes for dull prose. Even the motivations are cliche.
- It’s all about the whacking. Dysfunctional families who whack.
- So I don’t really like this piece. But I haven’t the heart to bury it.
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He Grinds Their Bones Into Dust
He Grinds Their Bones Into Dust
3 Things About This Artist Trading Card
- There has been no confirmed sighting of Bigfoot since the invention of Nintendo.
- He ties the hair back out of his eyes.
- I spent much of my youth staring at wood paneling.
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Life’s Undertaking
I’m digging a grave, son. My life’s work laid bare. A macabre undertaking, but I’ve excavated this plot with an archaeologist’s care, with fine brushes and twine lines. Every artifact was artfully placed.
But who will fill your grave, I ask.
The old man bends brittle and weeps.
Not I!
3 Things About This Micro-fiction
- Wrote this in under 5 minutes.
- Who will be the person in the grave? Who will heap the earth upon him?
- I allow myself one exclamation point each year.
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indistinct shushing, leaves scatter boughs bending
indistinct
shushing, leaves scatter
boughs bendingThree Things About This Haiku
- I think of lying in the hammock. Hammock haiku.
- Indistinct doesn’t seem like a word one finds in a haiku. It’s an experiment.
- This one reads better on one line.
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