metaphor

it slips from my hands
smashes when it hits the floor--
i hate metaphors

©2013-Art Belliveau

hidden

i put on the mask
that keeps everyone at bay--
why am i alone?

©2013-Art Belliveau

senryu

i see them at mass
by and large they are strangers--
but we’re family, too

©2013-Art Belliveau

saturday classroom

quiet hall
empty this morning
weekend day
no students
tomorrow this will all change--
it will teem with life

©2013-Art Belliveau

murderer

where has the time gone?
i have thoroughly killed it--
and hidden its corpse

©2013-Art Belliveau

mayflies

never time to think;
mayflies live for but a day--
us, not much longer


©2013-Art Belliveau

swim practice

echoes of splashes
reverberate ’round the room
vicarious swim

©2013-Art Belliveau

insomnia senryu

another late night--
or should i say early morn?
damn insomnia

©2013-Art Belliveau

One Step Too Far

He healed the sick--
     They left Him alone.

He berated their hypocrisy--

They left Him alone.

He broke the Sabbath--

They left Him alone.

He treated women as equals--

They left Him alone.

He performed miracle after miracle--

They left Him alone.

He threatened their power--and their income--

by clearing out the temple.

They killed Him.

©2013-Art Belliveau

haiku

a dead long leaf pine
leans on its living brother--
how long 'til it falls?


 ©2013-Art Belliveau