Deep South Haiku

Deep South Haiku

First dandelion bloom
January 1st in the Deep South
78 degrees.

-Will Dockery (1-1-22)

Blue Birds and Red Clover

Blue Birds and Red Clover

A lifetime ago
I was there again
crying at ground zero
on the back porch of
Cartersville Spinning Mill.

As I smoked another number
a Midnight train passed
Buck Ice and Coal
feels like
I'm there still.

Blue birds and red clover
deja vu in ruins
over and over.

Thirty five years gone
I can't explain
this feeling inside
like a ghost
still harranging me.

On a journey through the past
back to 1983
I need to cool it down
step back outside it
this old fevered memory.

Blue birds and red clover
deja vu flute tune
over and over.

Just signed the paperwork
I started walking
I didn't need a vehicle
and over my shoulder
I waved and went over the hill.

I walked back over
the cobblestones
to Broadway
and started up
a few new loose ends.

A drank some Killian Red
and got on stage
of that upstairs bar
and read my poems
and was back
in the game again.

Blue birds and red clover
deja vu in runes
over and over.

Blue birds and red clover
deja vu
over and over
it always ends too soon

-Will Dockery (1-1-22)