We have two birthdays:
the one we know all our lives,
and the other one.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
And just like that, here
we are: we have no idea
what's real anymore.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
The secret is to
find someone you not just love
but can put up with.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
Whatever color
your submarine, make sure it
opens from inside.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
So many Junes, her
sharp white limbs pierced this heat with
spirit unrestrained.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
God, as long as you
believe it, does it really
matter if it’s true?
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
Waiting for the dark
swan to flutter down and swoop
away this madness.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
Were you here, little
bird? I’ve not seen you, yet the
seed has been disturbed.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
City of darkness,
city of light. City of
death, city of joy.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
Opened wings reveal
some gold or red. Bits of seed
spill from beak to grass.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
It's not insane as
long as you do expect the
same results each time.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
To be freed from this
nightly spell, to bridge the gap
between now and now.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
Not so much homesick
as unrecognizable
to notions of home.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
For every falling
leaf, the universal quakes
ever so slightly.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
What if these orca
attacks are just the start of
nature fighting back?
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
Look at that cloud. You
might never see it again.
Look at that mountain.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer
Wind dies, wind blows. Last
leaf falls, first leaf grows. Nothing
more to do or know.
🍁 Red Leaf Haiku by © John Clark Helzer