Middle of the Night Poetry

At some dark hour last night, I heard my husband say he was writing haiku in his head.

That started it.

What emerged is below.

First, some haiku:



The moon in haiku

Bright buttery coin of light

night sky in my heart.

Free me of ego

Fill me with love and with light

Dwell in the Divine



(or the Buddhist version because Buddhists do not believe in any kind of deity:)

Free me of ego

Fill me with love and with light

Dwell in awareness.





Wake with no toothache?*

That's a chance to say "thank you!"

Stay awake all day.



And then some non-haiku:



Next time you say "Haiku"

to me in the middle of the night

I will say "thank you very much but I think I will go back to sleep!"



And this poem by my husband, Richard Kirsch:

Moonlight in my eyes

Interrupts my sleep.

I growl.

I howl!

I lie here.



We lie there looking out at the explosion of white stars and bright planets. And after a while, we fall softly back to sleep.

*Thich Nhat Hanh is credited with saying that a day with "a non-toothache is very pleasant."