JD Salinger

raise high the roof beams
and let the giant leave
for his last voyage

Rachel in Haiti

she cries silently
her voice gone from grieving
for her lost children

Aidez Haiti!

palace and shack both
leveled by quake in Haiti
thousands feared dead

winter coats and jackets
take up too much closet space
Miami condo

a startled field mouse
scurries in the thick grass
flash of talons

cemetary snow
hides nearly all the tombstones
those from 'just wars,' too

Thanksgiving ?
gratitude ends when sales start
black friday