Poem and Haikus

All I Have Is Myself

I wish I had something to give you
A chicken or a boy
Or
A fish?
But all I have is myself



Haikus

When buffalos roamed
God granted the Earth wings
And a face full of trees

One last cigarette
Before I fall deep into
Your moss and soft wind

Boil me water
And I’ll tell you about
Ravens on clotheslines

Arrows and Bullets
Sprinkled caverns it’s all
A thousand-year rain

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Ben Clarence Tjaden lives in coastal Georgia.