Norman Crane

Norman Crane Sep 2021

summer lingers on
september on and on and
gone / chill of october dawn:
pink frost, dew, warm bed, me, you
—till the alarm clock turns on.

#short #summer #fall #autumn #tanka #gentle #nature

Norman Crane Sep 2021

Flocking

birds coagulate;
thin, becoming avian mist:
dissipating wind

#haiku #short #birds #nature

Norman Crane Aug 2021

Fall

the lure of success
glitters under the spotlight,
you step—
trap door:
death.

#haiku

Norman Crane Aug 2021

Introspect

slow, wasteful minutes:
begone!—but why? they shape us
void time trims the self

#short #haiku

Norman Crane Aug 2021

Storm

lightning swings its axe
into the sky as thunder
rolls the sun away

#haiku #short

Norman Crane Aug 2021

Defiance

the wind beats the stalks
bent, they do not break; they rise
grass lives; the wind dies

#short #haiku

Norman Crane Aug 2021

Contempt

sorry, say the strong
to the weak ones they despise
empathy is lies

#short #haiku