Paul David Mena
Just a pedestrian walking along the double yellow line.
- morning fog Starbucks baristas go on strike finance.yahoo.com/news/more-1-...
- fire pit trading myths of the good old days #vss365
- signs of Spring a rookie practising his home run trot #wss366
- whelping box the puppies nestle into each other #MastoPrompt
- tinnitus -- or perhaps the cicadas are already here
- morning meditation the unwavering tone of tinnitus #DailyHaikuPrompt
- river logic the eager beaver fells the tree #HaikuChallenge
- circular logic rowing a boat with one oar #vsspoem
- pawn shop a drummer buys back his kit #vssdaily
- curious crowd the EMT asks for space to work #Whistpr
- when only you see the elephant in the room #TheDailyHaiku
- golden pond no longer capable of supporting life #NaHaiWriMo
- after curfew doomed lovers pretending I can't see them
- insomnia waiting for the bodega lights to turn off
- and just like that river herring returning to sea
- lips sinking ships #3wordspoet
- a neighbor's unkempt yard wondering when I last trimmed my beard
- unchangeable the expression on Buddha's face #vsspoem
- stretch goal trimming my toenails #vssdaily
- standing on the precipice a final sip of coffee
- waiting for the green light a blind man's guide dog
- the unicorn hands me a piano
- the author thanks me when I describe her novel as "soporific" #vss365
- restless morning the second hand of a grandfather clock #wss366
- shaking my hand the politician's smile for the next one #wss366
- busy intersection someone hands out flyers no one reads #wss366
- dive bar regulars the fragrance of second-hand smoke #wss366
- research vessel a fish out of water gasping for air #MastoPrompt
- tropical daydream a banana slug crosses the patio #DailyHaikuPrompt
- trapped in a spider web damselfly in distress #HaikuChallenge
- looking so dapper a pitbull in a tuxedo #whistpr
- full moon a lingering embrace #TheDailyHaiku
- water lilies how brightly they shine under the spotlights #NaHaiWriMo
- river, what's your hurry?
- unfamiliar place a stranger calls me Papi
- flower moon how beautiful when she blushes
- not posing for selfies Central Park coyote
- house sparrows making themselves at home
- the false bottom more than a brewer's trick
- instead of saying something I'll just write
- asleep on the bus I wake up in a city of clowns
- morning meditation a squirrel climbs the backyard Buddha
- not enough bubble wrap for my fragile state #vsspoem
