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