Haiku Sonnet: They Came From Turtle Island

fall finds a chilled breeze
after the apple fest sends
tourists heading south

ojibway brothers
recall the sacred harvest
following father

into the canoe
knocking sticks pulling wild rice
preserving ancient

ways of forefathers
before cheap casinos and
bad river whiskey

a rice moon tells tribal tales
of a thousand years

American Sentence #21

Objibwa harvest wild rice on Gitche Gumee, preserving the past.

Haiku Sonnet: Sleeping Alone at Holiday Inn

couple next room too
much wine too much viagra
64 minutes

not wanting to be
outdone I moaned crescendo
take it all–baby

oh yeah that’s it– who’s
your big daddy– c’mon girl…
standing on the bed

I increased the speed
headboard against the shared wall
as leno finished

his monologue I screamed yes!
65 minutes`