Charles Rossiter
scattered leaves—
two guitar picks
on the blues man’s headstone
[from: Broadside Beat #8, tinywords/ON HAIKU AND MICROPOETRY, by d.f.tweney, 5 pages, $3; Cross+Roads Press, P.O. Box 33, Ellison Bay, WI 54210]
to the small poem and the quiet voice within
scattered leaves—
two guitar picks
on the blues man’s headstone
[from: Broadside Beat #8, tinywords/ON HAIKU AND MICROPOETRY, by d.f.tweney, 5 pages, $3; Cross+Roads Press, P.O. Box 33, Ellison Bay, WI 54210]
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Very fine — as an old blues harmonica player I can certainly relate Thanks so much, Leo
Right up there and maybe e’en higher
than the pebbles left on Thoreau’s……
Norb, thanks for passing this on. It was Howlin’ Wolf’s grave which is just out Roosevelt road a bit from us.
On her gravestone
Not so often visited
A sack of candy.
(wrote this in 1972 – after witnessing this in a cemetery)
Thank you for sending out yours – always love them.Bonnie
Hoar frost diamonds
Flashing from every twig –
My camera does not see