Short Fluorescents Poems

foggy night
a cobweb catches
the glow of fluorescents


haiku part of haibun


Published:  Contemporary Haibun Online...

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the painting popped like fiber optics
like fluorescents, like neon acrylics
in hot pinks, magentas, turquoise and tangerines
with the precise amount of purples to make the hibiscus glow
I was entranced by this beauty!...

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cartooning relaxes me
I love doing it
a precursor to my paintings
I adore acrylics
fluorescents entice me
fuchsia, orange, green, red, blue,
anything that dazzles under a black light
I never work on one painting
My studio is a messy mess
encouraging me to work on ten at a time
Yesterday I realized I have twenty-six waiting
without a drop of paint
I am working on twelve.
How long can this obsession last?
So far, it has been a steady ten years...

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Lee was running toward Christmas with her lights flowing.
Some were twinkling on and off, and her hat was glowing.
She is always dressed in fluorescents, a neighbor observed.
Always ready to help a neighbor too, said wife, undisturbed.

The neighborhood watched her decorate her outside tree.
It was pretty before, now it was superb, decorated by Lee.
She did it for the neighbors, so they could enjoy the lights too.
Especially for her best friend neighbor, Mrs. Mary Lou Boo....

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