(Inspired by a photograph City Lights Bookstore (1969) by Hammond Guthrie.)
Elemental
You say air fuels fire as it coaxes and caresses
and dancing flames move to Zydeco beats
under hot Louisiana sun
and cool breezes lay brush strokes across bodies
soaked from primal gyrations
carried by the currents of sweet air
squeezed out of ancient accordion
fingered by hands shaped by the dark African nights.
Words weave beads of silk across your lips
igniting memories of comings and goings
and fire gives shape to air.
Frank Sorensen © 2009
Haiku #4
Death rattle echoed
as their laughter came to rest
in green fields of corn.
Frank Sorensen © 2009
