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| Michael Chacko Daniels |
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| San Franciscan Michael Chacko Daniels (MSJ, Medill, Northwestern U.), a former community worker and clown, grew up in Bombay, India. His works have appeared in Apollo's Lyre, Cricket Online Review, Denver Syntax, dragonfire, Hackwriters, Indelible Kitchen, Quicksilver, and SHALLA Magazine. Books: Split in Two (Poetry, 2004), Anything Out of Place Is Dirt (Novel, 2004), and That Damn Romantic Fool (Novel, 2005). Last year, his sister, Molly Daniels-Ramanujan, encouraged him to write haiku and went on to provide feedback on all his poems in this issue. http://indiawritingstation.com/fiction-poetry-india-daniels/ |
| Cold Stone Autumn light falling man watches geese fly away stone seat grows colder Big Sun Country Where boys and girls run cow’s hollow flies rise in clouds earth shifts big sun shines Summer Fall wind chases me into your fragrant by-lane guavas in summer Moontime Midnight’s summer moon father-in-law’s rose garden two dogs bark one yelps Raccoon Picnic Ball of fur rises . . . little bear fat cat Trickster? crunch, crunch |
| Puffball Lion Dandelion puffball rolling over granddad’s beard puffs away windblown Wood Song Shaggy bodhisattva modulates circular saw— wheelchair wood ramp rises Words Translated letter cold light striking from the east broken glass and heart Trash Talk Wisps of smoke . . . steamy curb sky holds true Haiku for Spring 2009 Eight brass eyelets shine dark brown calf leather furrows — the wanderer smiles |