haiku #103
fists can never hold
water nor love, but cupped hands
firmly opened can
—kalamu ya salaam
photo by Alex Lear
haiku #93 may the life i lead help others live, may my work help beauty be born —kalamu ya salaam
haiku #58
black people believe
in god, & i believe in
black people, amen
—kalamu ya salaam
HAIKU SUN SONG #1
Midnight. My ear your
Breast. Breathe. Hear heartbeats. Softly.
We’re alive. At peace.
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #48
night moans grip my waist
the arms of hurt snake round me,
i feel like a frog
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #85
night flower deprived
of moon glow & morning dew
oh, how i miss you
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #60
plants, photographs, cut
flowers, paintings, a bed, two
desks, books, records, clothes
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #46
you pause on the edge
of me, testing my water
with your toe, please swim
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #43
bronze-black arms lift you,
your feet dance in the air, the
night breeze laughs with us
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #21
the crooked flight of brown
sparrows mirror & mimic
thoughts i wish were straight
—kalamu ya salaam