haiku 9/14/09

an aging beagle
is sleeping in her soft bed--
what does she dream of?

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/13/09

tottering between
feelings of hope and despair
as we move forward

©2009-Art Belliveau

your reality

there are many times
when the imagined event
is so much better than
the reality

but

the reality of
time spent with you
always
exceeds imagination

©2009-Art Belliveau

9/11/09

a hand
reaches out
slow
halting
snatched back
as if from fire
as if from ice

reaches out
again
and again

each time
fingers singed
by frosty flames

each time
fingers numbed
by blazing bergs

frozen and burned
simultaneously

but still
reaches out
daunted
yet determined

to touch
to feel
the frigid forbidden fire
of its
denied
desire

©2009-Art Belliveau

Being Bad

There are times when being bad
Just feels so damn good
You know you really shouldn't
But you also know you could

Pushing and stretching the limits
Ever closer to that line
And sometimes you go across it
And it feels just so damn fine

Later, when there's time to reflect
You prepare for guilt's coming attack
But the ambush never happens
And it's so good you have to go back

©2009-Art Belliveau

politics as usual

speaking past each other
their words unheard
by their opposition
plowshares pounded into swords
the simple mandate
Love One Another
ignored and trampled
politics as usual

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/08/09

we are all siblings
making up the U.S.A.--
please remember this


©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/07/09

tomorrow comes fast
yet it always seems somehow
never to arrive

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/06/09

all of the Gospels
teach us to care for others
why won’t we listen?

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/05/09

never far away
I hold you close in my heart
however distant

©2009-Art Belliveau