cats are black watch out
we do get superstitious
Friday by number
it’s a pastel day
brushed colors as if painted
by the art-maker
it’s not that haiku are easier except physically to type; while sometimes impulsive, the content often takes as long if not longer than to set down more; I have a friend who says that of Mark, the gospel thought written first because it’s short; my friend (with a related PhD) realizes, as I understand from teaching composition, that writing down is harder than writing out
not that I command haiku (goodness, no); I simply try and learn and try
I’m still struggling for breath—yes, the process for inspiration, I suppose—but I mean literally; someday I’ll be living somewhere else with clearer air to get back some health, while the ongoing issues are the main ones that have to be ongoing (heart disease and such)
I hope each of you is well
thanks for your concerns expressed—and thanks to all of you always
c l couch
photo by Anton Ponomarenko on Unsplash
cat in London home
(x = space)
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Triscuit Decks a Phobia
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I keep forgetting
That when the first is on a Sunday
There will be a Friday
The thirteenth
I have to pay attention
Though I’m not afraid
I find it interesting
The day
The superstition
All our reactions
When we realize
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There’s the Irish in me
Or you
Or the Italian or the Russian
The Kenyan
Or the Māori
Part of you
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Loki
Raven
Anansi
All the mischief-makers
Plus phantom pronouncements
On the cracks
Under the ladders
With the black cats
Passing by
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The weight of superstition
Better to wear it lightly
Over souls
Keep a thought
Let it drive you
Toward civility
With an interest in
What drives an utterance
Of the Scottish play
Inside the theatre
In another play’s production
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Maybe ghosts will tell us
Why it matters
Since the ethereal
If not the numinous
Is attached
And coursing through
The old sources
And our own,
Both inventing things
For cautions
In our day
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n. b.
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Be nice to black cats
They are not superstition;
They could have stanched
The plague
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C L Couch
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Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash
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