Andrea Gradidge

        black paw whisks
        --- a laddered stocking
        trips downstairs

        dispute over bones:
        the descendants hunch and pick
        over credentials

        mountain mist
        even inspiring views
        need a break

        razor wire
        instead of briars:
        punk beauty sleeps

        fresh snowfall . . .
        the first one through
        leaves a brown trail

        housing project
        plans yellow with age
        mangers for rent

        from the SF aisle
        misplaced in the non-fiction:
        2001

        forensic trace
        on every hand they touch
        credit cards

        low flying crows
        check receding snow line
        the first pickings

        through the chipper:
        Christmas tree remains
        after the tornado

        April:
        snow
        lies

        prised from cold fingers:
        tear stained lottery ticket
        a poor forgery

These haiku are
Copyright © 2001
by Andrea Gradidge.

E-Mail: gradidge@mb.sympatico.ca

About the Poet -- Andrea Gradidge lives in Canada.
More work from this haijin (including haiga) can be found
at _Star Leaper_ The Internet Magazine of Scifaiku, Haiku
and Science Fiction Click here.