Issue #121, Boulder foothills and Guinn Mountain, December 2-9, 2005. Two members of the Boulder Haiku group track Mt. Sanitas for a 17-minute haiku walk. Also in this issue: haiku and photos from a chilly ski trip in Roosevelt National Forest, above Eldora Ski Resort. Haiku by Sanjay Rajan, Jonathan Machen and Michael Conti.
impossible
we think 17 haikus
in 17 minutes
jesus christ
marked on mt. sanitas
some bird poop
frosty cactus
and brittle grass
under each step
yucca leaves
beaded with
last nite's snow
traveling
over small patch of ground
seventeen minutes
emotions curl
like smoke
in december chill
discussing future
on sunny trail
they stare at their feet
flitting in
and out of clouds
haiku moment
startin fresh
yet again. better
fresh than dull
bandana
in frozen crumple
outside car door
touchin smooth
the water drip
this one's frozen
ambulance
amid the homeless
cold frozen morning
spacious cold air
we pause in forest
bird chirps, wind
frozen stillness -
the water in
my drinking tube
blue triangles
lead me in one direction
i know not where
my fingers numb
blurring whirr in ears
sound of sap snapping
tempest of snowballs
hurtled from tree to tree
winter wind storm
solo/group kukai drawing/writing/photography jonathan machen