Ten Haiku Poems
Six-foot waves white caps
filling dreams with caresses
bird’s wing brushing cheek
Alan Ladd stood 5’6”
Veronica Lake was 4’11”
Hollywood glamour
Our bed all tangled
with humidity and dreams
a wet frog croaking
Checking the weather
looking into the future
blue jay crying thief
Hole torn in curtain
makes an image of landscape
as breeze blows through it
We don’t know ourselves
staring back from the mirror
a tree without birds
Sleeping with a gun
anything is possible
stubborn fear hoards night
Children of empire
going wherever they like
handing stray dogs treats
Under sedation
nurse assures me I earned this
empty space between
Cutting cottonwoods
Great trees terrorized by men
pissing on their shoes
David Hoppe’s writing explores the intersection of politics, culture and community. His most recent book, Mondo POTUS: An American Love Story, is a satirical novel that writer Susan Neville has called a “smart and hilarious tour-de-force” with “humour reminiscent of Vonnegut.” Hoppe’s other books include Letters from Michiana, about life on Lake Michigan’s southern shore and Midcentury Boy, a memoir about growing up in a Chicago suburb during the 1950’s and early ‘60s. His work for the stage includes After Paul McCartney; Our Experiences During the First Days of Alligators and Sacred Sands: A Play for Voices, an audio version of which has been installed at the Indiana Dunes National Park. Hoppe graduated from Macalester College and holds graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota and Bennington College. He lives in Long Beach, IN.
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