Robert Fleming

fifth-day and after-seventh-day collisions

At 17,659’ above Mount Kilimanjaro

a Boeing 737 lands on a Ruppell's griffon vulture’s beak

At 4,032’ above Mount Everest

a crane perches on an Airbus A320 wing

At 124’ above Mount Gangkhar Puensum

a bar-headed goose perches on a Russian MiG 21 Fishbed’s tail

Fall Haiku

if someone wants blows

i am still moon jab punching

the boxing ring wind

among the maple leaf

will it or will it not branch fall?

wind blower ready

 

U blow away what’s left

last to take but give nothing

U blew off the last leaf

on the weeping willow tree

U blew away my dog

& now he has no bone

the farmers pray when you wind

U wind off the last soil

no topsoil for seeds to take to

i’m weary of your return

but bless you each time

you remove

what i wouldn’t 

Kogarashi