Four Directions

First published in Modern Haiku 51:1, Winter–Spring 2020, page 94, without a title. Originally written in February of 2014 and made into a handout in September of 2014, with the title of “Four Directions.”

north wind

a conte crayon

left on the porch


east wing

the mansion tour

skips a painting


south desert

another art gallery

closed for the season


west moon

dad’s unfinished sketch

of the compass rose