It is the commerce of farmers with hands in their pockets. /
It is used by old wives /
and the things they’ve known not having. /
The stains in his pants are scattered language, / ...
It hides among shadows beneath her bed /
With shoestring wrapped around to keep it closed. /
I quickly read my name in streaks of blue /
Across a page of cluttered memories. /
Remembering Michael Coleman /
Before he faced the suitors in the hall, /
He proved himself by plucking high-strung gut /
Until it hummed a single note. So pure / ...
Raffael de Gruttola is past President and Treasurer of the Haiku Society of America and one of the founding members of the Boston Haiku Society which is one of the oldest groups in the USA and Internationally. He has published …