Recently Banned Literature: Belated Birthday Haiku

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Belated Birthday Haiku

Old cat warm against
a sunshine wall — Kerouac
licks his aching paw.

(first publication)

Update:
“Belated Birthday Haiku” added to Poems, Slightly Used.

7 comments:

RUDHI - Chance said...: Lions are sundreamers...; March 14, 2010 7:20 AM
Conrad DiDiodato said...: Ah, Kerouac—
you can't take the Beats out of
an ol' cat; March 14, 2010 7:34 AM
William Michaelian said...: Rudhi and Conrad: write on!; March 14, 2010 8:24 AM
Chris Lott said...: This is a good one...; March 14, 2010 12:40 PM
William Michaelian said...: Thanks, Chris.; March 14, 2010 12:48 PM
Kenneth Griggs said...: We all need someone to lick our paws from time to time.; March 16, 2010 12:02 PM
William Michaelian said...: Thanks, Ken. Coincidentally, I just found the paws button on my keyboard.; March 16, 2010 2:24 PM