Sunday, September 23, 2012

Reflections in Haiku Style (2)


Café International – 1:30 pm

Another day at the Café International. Having been diagnosed with cancer, I was beginning to accept it. The following haiku are not depressing. They actually reflect an ongoing effort to live in the present and enjoy what’s left of life as I know it. The verses are inspired by sights and sounds in and around the café, and are no doubt fueled by the wonderful stimulus of the coffee served there.

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This old man prefers
The rhythm of cawing crows.
Throw out the disco.

Alas the story
The wheel of Samsara
In midsummer heat.

Bamboo and the crows:
What do they know that I don’t?
This moment in time.

I love late summer
For the crickets’ ceaseless cries.
Sing the mystery.

As if thru the fog,
The world on the other side:
A man struggles on.

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