Haikutimes issue #2, Denver International Airport
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Haiku Times Volume 1, issue 2. Spring 2000 Denver International Airport, Colorado. plane load of tourists hugging flourescent ski bags walk through the airport while his father frowns little boy surges ahead thinking of the plane lady in saree solicits travelers with spiritual solace one thing is certain: this boy in striped overalls likes lots of ketchup here at the airport everyone has a purpose for a moment-i don't favorite pants and shirt pressed into overstuffed bags -balance on shoulders i thought i heard a bird chirp inside the walls of the denver airport i drop my pastry on the ground where people walk above concourse A a thousand faces reflect a thousand stories of a thousand flights big bolts and levers hold white tarpaulin in grace over marbelled floors i feel like an ant crawling around in a tent looking for haiku beautiful burgundy woman moves close to see the words on the sign three women with british accents must have gone to catch their airplane Featuring: Susan Peterson, Sara Benson, Hal Gimpleson, Sanjay Rajan, Patrick Lynn, Jonathan Machen ski tourists gather around the car rental desk like colorful ants buldging suitcases circulate at baggage claim weary travelers wait the blast of the voice over the PA system while reading haiku some people look at me as though they are on to what i am doing interfaith chapel empty with big, comfy chairs -no time for prayers airport fast food court travelers rush through their meals snapping plastic forks against soft white light the pink lounge chair screams polyurethane! the people flood in and then they quickly disperse it's the airport pulse standing in the flow of people rushing, i'm a rock in the river winter travelers reflected in the marble floors the constant murmur child strapped to mama stares up with bright blue eyes at white peaks in plastic
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The Boulder Haiku group chose the airport to go write haiku one day. This is the result!
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Haiku TimesVolume 1, issue 2. Spring 2000 Denver International Airport, Colorado.
plane load of touristshugging flourescent ski bagswalk through the airport
while his father frownslittle boy surges aheadthinking of the plane
lady in sareesolicits travelers withspiritual solace
one thing is certain:this boy in striped overallslikes lots of ketchup
here at the airporteveryone has a purposefor a moment-i don't
favorite pants and shirtpressed into overstuffed bags-balance on shoulders
i thought i heard abird chirp inside the walls ofthe denver airport
i drop my pastryon the ground where people walkabove concourse A
a thousand facesreflect a thousand storiesof a thousand flights
big bolts and levershold white tarpaulin in graceover marbelled floors
i feel like an antcrawling around in a tent looking for haiku
beautiful burgundywoman moves close to seethe words on the sign
three women with british accents must have goneto catch their airplane
Featuring: Susan Peterson, Sara Benson, Hal Gimpleson, Sanjay Rajan, Patrick Lynn, Jonathan Machen
ski tourists gatheraround the car rental desklike colorful ants
buldging suitcasescirculate at baggage claimweary travelers wait
the blast of the voiceover the PA systemwhile reading haiku
some people look atme as though they are on towhat i am doing
interfaith chapelempty with big, comfy chairs-no time for prayers
airport fast food courttravelers rush through their mealssnapping plastic forks
against soft white lightthe pink lounge chair screamspolyurethane!
the people flood inand then they quickly disperseit's the airport pulse
standing in the flowof people rushing, i'm arock in the river
winter travelersreflected in the marble floorsthe constant murmur
child strapped to mamastares up with bright blue eyes atwhite peaks in plastic
