a collection of haiku, tanka, haiga and other forms of poetry
From: Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
About me: The author of "Tangled in Wisteria," he is a music teacher in Van Buren, Arkansas and a father of four. His work has been published in the United States, Canada and Australia, including Haiku Harvest, Clouds Peak, Stylus Poetry Journal, Wisteria, American Tanka, Fire Pearls, Eucalypt and Modern English Tanka.
More.. All work © J. Andrew Lockhart unless noted otherwise. Work may not be reproduced in any form without the author's written permission.
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- Magnapoets
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- Still Shot
- winter haiku 2006
- Falling Leaves
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- Zafusy
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- One Deep Breath
- Lulu Haiku
- Full Moon Of November
- Frank Williams- Haiku & Haiga
- Isolated Eden
- In My Heart
- Utopian Fragments
- Australian Haiku
- see haiku here
- Summa Summarum
- ink haven
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- Waging Haiku
- witherspoon
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- Amaranth
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- yuzublizzard
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- Edith's Section
- Pursuance of Truth
- urban poems
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- a window to my soul
- haiku-shelf
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- zen speug
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- shoot
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- haikupoet.com
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- Unlabeled
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- Always More Beyond
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- Rooted
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- art is life, life is art.
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- viva forever...
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- thanks for the memories
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- A Revision
- word[s]
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- MOMPOET
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- Texas talk and theory
- Lopez Island Life
- quick and to the point
- Justme and my Midnight Thots
- agog and aghast
- Humanyms
- Edge Gallery
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- From the Edge to the Center
- All Cupcakes, All The Time
- no friend, just my dog
- a bit of this, a bit of that!
- Work in Progress
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- zen
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- maremagnum
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- And You Know What Else
- Poem 2
- A Perticularly Point of View
- killired
- Confessions of a Busy Mom
- 14 Years Counting
- nobody girl
- Nightingale
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- Kai's Poetry
- Show Them Through Me
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- Midnight to 4am
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- What are you looking at?
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Friday, June 30, 2006,11:53 PM
I open my eyes
I open my eyes
and see that it's now
July...
dressing for the heat, my mind's
in New Zealand winter
Thursday, June 29, 2006,11:37 PM
wives, husbands
wives, husbands,
mothers, fathers and children,
all seen together-
starting my day by reading
the obituaries
,11:35 PM
river side
river side-
daydreaming interrupted
by mockingbird songs
(Arkansas River at the Arkansas-Oklahoma border)
,11:10 PM
music from Bach
music from Bach's
Brandenburg Concertos
fills my ears-
ideas and emotions
freely travel through time
Wednesday, June 28, 2006,10:39 PM
my blood pressure
my blood pressure
rises while listening
to talk radio-
crickets peacefully talk
to the moon
,10:17 PM
driving through
driving through
the older part of town
thinking about
things I need to do
tomorrow
Tuesday, June 27, 2006,10:45 PM
forgotten letter
forgotten letter
reminds me that you
were once young-
counting the years since
we first met
,10:37 PM
watching a dog
watching a dog
walk slowly across
my front yard-
wondering if he knows
that he's a pet
Monday, June 26, 2006,10:12 PM
june afternoon
june afternoon,
smell of fire fluid
and sounds of children-
not remembering
the last day of snow
Sunday, June 25, 2006,10:46 PM
your face
your face
revisits my mind
unexpectedly-
walking alone through
an empty parking lot
Thursday, June 22, 2006,6:31 PM
she said
she said
she would never
marry-
thinking of her while
watching my children
Wednesday, June 21, 2006,7:33 PM
summer solstice
sadly watching the
last bit of sunlight-
summer solstice
Sunday, June 18, 2006,10:39 PM
oak leaves sway
oak leaves sway
in a cool morning breeze-
loud memories
Saturday, June 17, 2006,11:24 PM
the rain falls
the rain falls
into my dormant mind
as I sleep-
forgotten days walk
out of their secret room
Friday, June 16, 2006,11:22 PM
seeing you asleep
seeing you asleep
brings back feelings of the
day we met-
smell of honeysuckle
in the moon light
Thursday, June 15, 2006,10:12 PM
forgotten words
forgotten words-
your last letter fades
in the sunset
Tuesday, June 13, 2006,11:10 PM
walking through
walking through
a shop I smell the scent
of your first perfume-
I smile and giggle
to a stranger
,6:03 PM
watching
watching
a woman push a child
in a wheelchair-
suddenly my problems
vanish in the wind
Sunday, June 11, 2006,10:19 PM
she visits me
she visits me
in a midnight dream
covered with darkness-
unable to endure
the deafening silence
,10:15 PM
tree shadows
tree shadows
the only thing moving
in the heat-
sweat-soaked thoughts move
slowly in the heavy air
,12:16 AM
remembering
remembering
our first date twenty three
years ago-
choosing the right shade of blue
for our fourth baby bed
Thursday, June 08, 2006,11:20 PM
summer night
summer night-
a streetlight peeks through
lines of trees
,10:50 PM
far away from me
although you are
so far away from me
I feel your presence
in the cool summer night
as flowers rest
Tuesday, June 06, 2006,10:10 PM
A Country Funeral
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
A country funeral, far from the town
He makes me lie down in green pasture;
far from the world,
He leads me beside the still water
where we meet to pay our respect
He restores my soul;
(or do we)
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
to my dead friend's father.
For His name's sake.
Sheets of rain pound on the metal roof of the pavilion
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
drowning out the voice of the preacher
I will fear no evil;
who tries hard to walk around the thoughts
. For You are with me.
that fill the minds
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
of the living.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
Would Heaven take him for drowning himself
You anoint my head with oil;
or would Hell even want him,
My cup runs over.
having mercy on him?
Surely goodness and mercy shall fallow me
The people move closer together
All the days of my life;
to keep dry as the rain blows in,
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
reminding us of his last moment, covered with water and his last desperate gasp.
Forever.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
Would Heaven take him for drowning himself
You anoint my head with oil;
or would Hell even want him,
My cup runs over.
having mercy on him?
Surely goodness and mercy shall fallow me
The people move closer together
All the days of my life;
to keep dry as the rain blows in,
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
reminding us of his last moment, covered with water and his last desperate gasp.
Forever.
Monday, June 05, 2006,12:22 AM
first feel of loss
first feel of loss-
a boy's paper airplane
flies over a fence
Saturday, June 03, 2006,10:51 PM
late saturday night
"The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past." William Faulkner
late saturday night-
a far away car horn
plays dixie
late saturday night-
a far away car horn
plays dixie
