If it's Wednesday this must be Western Haiku Day

April snow
Shovel put away
Thirsty flowers


Nothing to get
No one to get it
Emptiness an illusion


The parrot said
What's on your mind?
I laughed


Sixty-four haikus later
Devastated and spent
No matter the price of ink




Note: To understand what a Western Haiku is, read Jack Kerouac's explanatory note in Scattered Poems (accessible here). By the way, Happy National Poetry Month.