Haiku

passion evaporates
in the heat
of the moment

ceiling fan
stirs cricket noise
through the humidity

the smell of birch
echoes
through the morning

artificial fig
reaching
for the ceiling light

father and children
handinhand
in the hardware lot

                                                                      © M. Franklyn Teaford

Loch Raven Review Fall 2005 — Vol. I, No. 1
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