tanka 05/10/10 (scifaiku style)

I open my eyes
and pray I'm still asleep as
Cthulhu claims me
the nightmare was preferable
to this dread reality

©2010-Art Belliveau

kwansaba 5/09/10

The end of the school year comes,
at times seeming glacial in its pace.
Other times it flashes forward. It seems
as though I am living my life
as part of a cosmic traffic jam.
Moving in fits and starts, but aching
to find open road and cruise away.

©2010-Art Belliveau

haiku 05/08/10

steel grey cloud cover
always makes me think of snow--
it's 80 outside

©2010-Art Belliveau

haiku 05/07/10

the grasshoppers' song
mingles with the croaking frogs'--
under silent stars

©2010-Art Belliveau

senryu 05/06/10

got what i wanted--
be careful what you wish for--
now the worry starts

©2010-Art Belliveau

haiku 05/05/10 REVISED

my dog plays out back
a mockingbird dive-bombs her--
she has no idea

©2010-Art Belliveau

Limerick 05/03/10

There once was a student in school,
Who never would follow a rule.
He'd sleep at his desk,
And make a big mess,
As he covered the whole thing in drool.

©2010-Art Belliveau

05/02/10

the dark winds blow
sending the trees outside
writhing under its assault
blowing out the stars
leaving the sky black
devoid of hope
endlessly receding

with you
here by my side
though
i feel safe

©2010-Art Belliveau

A Day at the Fair

A Day at the Fair

Footlong hot dogs
Apple pies
Cotton candy
(Jumbo size)

Ice cream cones
Rice krispy treats
Other yummy
Stuff to eat

Like kettle corn
And hot french fries
Barbecue plates
And cherry pies

Vanilla fudge
Chocolate cakes
I ate it all
Now my belly aches


©2010-Art Belliveau

Swimming with Sharks 04/30/10

a darkened classroom
after school
on a Friday afternoon

the echoes of
the students’ voices
silently resound
in my head
as i sit here

papers are getting graded
grades are being entered
and yet...

i feel
(as i so often do)
that i am swimming
against the tide

being pulled away
from what i find important

being pulled under
by this rip tide current
of red tape
and record keeping

when all i want to do
is swim free
and play in the waves
of words
and books
and poems
and the creativity
of my students

©2010-Art Belliveau