emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson

not-quite-right haiku

a draft, I think.

smell of Christmas in March
the fir boughs cut and gathered
by orange dozers

(they’re cutting down one of the micro-forests near my office to build a shopping complex to include a Lowes, a gym, and a branch of my employer.)

I feel like the last line doesn’t quite work, but nothing I try seems any better….

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Posted on 3/28/2007 in the poems, General category(ies).

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Hi! This is Elaine Nelson's site, which used to be at epersonae.com, and which is sometimes known as emergency weblog.