senryu 2/26/09

I'm in a dark place
oppressive heaviness weighs
I slowly push through


©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/26/09

best to keep busy
don't allow stray thoughts entrance
forget the past--right!


©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/24/09

youthful high spirits
reined in and tightly controlled
in only an hour


©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/24/09

sitting here watching
as they struggle with the test
I'm numbingly bored

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/23/09

Pins crash around me,
cacaphonous thundering.
My ball? Gutter-bound.


©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/23/09

the ball is released--
down the alley's center rolls--
leaving one pin up


©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/20/09

bright winter sunshine
cool breeze blows clouds across sky--
and I'm stuck inside


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senryu 2/20/09

feeling most foolish
a gut overreaction
left egg on my face

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/20/09

suddenly on edge
filled with a dark foreboding
on a bright clear day

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/20/09

after a silence
the conversation resumes
as though no time passed

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/19/09

It always starts with
the best of intentions--then
the slippery slope.


©2009-Art Belliveau

The Motto of the Laid Back Person and/or the Leaf Floating on a Stream and/or an Electron in a Current

The Motto of the Laid Back Person
and/or
the Leaf Floating on a Stream
and/or
an Electron in a Current

I go
With the flow

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/13/09

birthing new poems
has become more arduous
an absence of joy

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/04/09

searching out the words
that express who they are--or
who they'd like to be

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/04/09

slowly driven mad
your absence kills me slowly
one inch at a time

©2009-Art Belliveau

Portrait Poem 2/03/09

Art
tired, confused, concerned, behind
Father of Molly
Lover of family, free time, reading
Who feels perpetually behind on paperwork, stressed out about deadlines, relaxed when with family
Who needs self-discipline, more sleep, a time machine
Who gives unasked for advice, love to Molly, a hoot
Who fears losing my family, losing my sight, ending up alone
Who would like to see a change in my attitude, my great-grandchildren, the dawn of the next millennium
Resident of Facebook
Belliveau

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 2/02/09

always beginning
eluded by expertise
the beginner's mind

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 1/31/09

dark clothes drink in heat
sitting stretched out on a park bench
under winter sun

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 1/31/09

running and playing
happily climbing, swinging
carefree childhood day

©2009-Art Belliveau