Paul David Mena

my granddaughter's ashes
what we choose
to believe

barefoot tavern
the bartender says
he's been waiting for me
#inkMine

waking with a start
I forgot to make
fresh coldbrew
#wss366

mise en place
a pourover coffee
to start the day
#wss366

Graceland
green shag carpet
on the ceiling
#MastoPrompt

campaign rally
the snake flatters
a pack of wolves
#DailyHaikuPrompt

back to school
merry pranksters
wash off their graffiti
#vss365

goodwill donation
clothes I grew tired
of ironing
#HaikuChallenge

subliminal messaging
seeing
isn't always believing
#WordedArt #vsspoem

commuter rail slowdown
a politician
shaking hands
#vssdaily

trick or treat
an old cat
bares its fangs
#whistpr

night train
it's 5 o'clock
somewhere

proofreading
I retie
my shoelaces
#haikufeels

billionaires bulldozing sand dunes
#TheDailyHaiku

fresh off the press
seven cloves of garlic
#NaHaiWriMo

uninvited
and yet nagged
about my absence
#MastoPrompt

katydid
a leaf climbs
to the end of a branch
#DailyHaikuPrompt

crossing the bridge
could this be
our last goodbye?

hopping
across the stage
a magician's rabbit

catered lunch
with a side
of apprehension

'One should never be cured of one's passion,' she said.

morning breeze
a dog takes refuge
in its shadow

bird on a wire
I finish my coffee
too quickly

Mercury Lounge
the atmosphere
thins out
#TheDailyHaiku

almost enough garlic
to ward off the news
#NaHaiWriMo

stock futures
almost enough garlic
to ward off the news
#NaHaiWriMo

after the storm
an abandoned
osprey nest

Hiroshima
a little boy's life
flashes before our eyes

nostalgia
the bitter sweetness
of halvah
#inkMine

fruit flies mistake me for an overripe peach