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Issue #103 Walker Ranch and Eldora Ski area, December 4, 2004. Haiku at Walker Ranch. Featuring haiku by Jonathan, Patrick Lynn, Sanjay Rajan, and Sara Benson.




while i'm thoughtlessly staring at my
knee a fly lands there
his ass is iridescent blue

scarred by fire
streaked by snow
december hillside




brown blooms
reveal the fullness
of next season's growth

walking through the burn
everything is brown
except for patrick's orange coat




little by little
fresh air and bright granite
seep into my soul

wispy winter grass
more sensitive to the slight breeze
than my skin




can't hold
i find a snowless spot
for my yellow pee

not many sounds
a crow caws
a plane in the distance
somewhere, a heart pumping




jazz stays with me
while his owner romps far afield
eldorado cliffs below
bright yellow lichen
against warming winter peaks
the bustle of commerce
through the crack in eldorado canyon
past the climbers,
the noise of the train,
distant airplanes from DIA

place of beauty
little marred
by mobile piss pots




black skeleton
on white hillside
golden retriever

small things i notice
like padlock hanging on wire
just drive me crazy




stumbling over a rock
and asking me what i said
in the same moment

holding back
not willin' to
spoil this snow




pine duff on old snow
in random pattern like hair
on barbershop floor

strangely enough
burnt pines more beautiful
among green




snow-packed trail
a white snake warming itself
in the hot winter sun

red rocks
no hidin' place
for haiku poets




leaving behind
melancholic attributes
and trappings of fear

fresh snow
no longer fresh
with his pawprints




for breakfast
i fed him four syringes of water
and a taste of egg

stark beauty
reveals itself
just have to look




snow prints reveals
last seasons
lost pine cone

jazz drools on my leg
staring with him at the cliffs
i start drooling too




stoic stones
so full of
human faces

hiking alone
from one sun-warmed granite boulder
to the next




kathakali poses
among red rocks reveal
haiku poet gone mad

a curiously-shaped hole in the snow
yellow around the edges
from my pee




bright green air-o-pure
the perfect back drop for a
haiku family photo

soft whistle
in winter sun
telephone lines




dripping string of spit
beautifully illuminated
crisp winter day

all my attachments
laid bare on drive to haiku
preconceptions dashed




la belle and psychopath
drop down steep chute
plains stretch below

dangling snowboards
from one leg as they sit
talking on chair lift




early season snow
meets intensity of blue
lose-my-breath stillness

red jackets all
ski patrol in snow huddle
i head for the trees




snow covers branches
deceptive feather frosting
better use rock skis

all the way up
alan watts talking
about no boundaries




nervous father to be
thinks about other fathers
who are still skiing




blue sky warming
over november snow base
shadows soften




snow machine leaving
frosty signature
on drooping pine




timid snowboarder
walks the broad, expansive slope
carrying her board




piggy backing
on autos, chairlifts and skis
to taste winter




snowboarders - knees in check
telemarkers - knees to snow
every style welcome




pausing long enough
on our winter evening walk
to watch travolta





solo/group kukai
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen