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Issue #5 Rabbit Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado. April 14, 2001.
Featuring: Susan Peterson, Sara Benson, Hal Gimpleson, Krista Morien, Patrick Lynn, Jonathan Machen. Photos by Jonathan
last years dead stalks
among this pink profiusion
cycles of the heart
as the wind picks up
sun moves behind a cloud
hat and gloves come on
on the great divide
a spring storm sends its greeting
to the plains below
on this exposed trail
writing haiku and looking
for a place to pee
tonight i will pay
for this wonderful spring day
with more violent dreams
haiku friends
willing to scatter
to be together
i see a rabbit
on top of rabbit mountain
do i get a prize?
how easy it is
to turn off this meadowlark
with my hearts pain
spread on the earth
pinecones in various shades
tell of seasons passed
stopping in our tracks
catching sight of each other
mule deer stop grazing
big chance to be out
wild life preserve
no dogs allowed
breath of the earth-wind
sounding like the ocean
its current moves me
the gift of winter
evaporates on the trail
in a brisk spring wind
inhaling the view
from hilltop to horizon
-breathless
a bunch of humans
each one of us with our heart
constantly pumping
the pungent smell of sage
on my fingers releases
this old lonliness
fierce individuals
walking through gravel
writing haiku poetry
stopping another time
for tea and to watch
the white-tailed mule deer
the herding instinctnot
so much fun when tethered to
the end of a leash
another spring,
another afternoon spent
chasing butterflies
enjoying the companionship
of animal to animal
walking the dog
what is a mountain
when it is given the name
of a small mammal?
winter grey grasses
prickled with purple and yellow
in time for easter
open field
filled with meadow larking
on breezes
scraping the winter
off the soles of my feet
with sun-warmed granite
songbird warbling
in counterpoint to crickets
april melody
overrated thoughts
nudged out of hollows by wind
scittering away
breath moves in and out
faster, hotter, our tongues drip
-hiking with my dogs
big black beetle
scurries as fast as it can
across the rocky trail
every five seconds
i count out the syllables
bright red ladybug
stopping for tea
by the spikey cactus
early days of spring
among this rough field
of boulders and yucca
the meadowlarks song
solo/group kukai
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen