Sunday, May 03, 2015

Wisconsin

past mad’son, opens up –
summer’s short, no point driving
any less than eighty
(3-16)






two lane t’stevens point
got so little good weather,
have t’go ‘t least eighty
(3-17)







beaches ‘f door county
wanted t’leave their stress in th’loop,
it followed them here
(2-17)








wore th’red badger tie
for th’swearing in ceremony
she made him th’nice cake
(2-16)









th’lasses ‘f viroqua
farmer’s market vegetables
been handled too much
(12-17)




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apostle islands
how blue ‘n’ clean, th’august breezes,
one house against th’wind
(1-18)






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asleep ‘n th’oshkosh park
fired ‘cause ‘f their rigid sense ‘f time,
‘n’ drank a bit too much
(1-18)






state street panhandler
locusts and dogma, glow of
well-lit capitol
(1-10)






knows th’soc’list labor
from th’soc’list workers – but sleeps
‘n th’grass, off state ‘n’ th’cap’tol
(2-16)





cheapest ‘n’ the meanest,
says th’milwaukee yard worker,
and th’slowest to pay
(2-16)






camping ‘t trempealeau
tale ‘f th’guy who claimed an island
‘n’ nobody noticed
(11-17)







home run lifts humid
night curtain; fan throws popcorn -
brewers win 4-3
(1-10)






boxcar full ‘f timbers
he hopes th’rails’ll hold ‘em steady
least through milwaukee
(8-16)








lake monona tale –
likes t’ride th’bike here weekends, not
worried ‘bout th’car doors
(11-16)







madison cyclist –
all week he fears th’open doors,
by th’lake, he can fly
(6-17)






truck stop parking lot
oil spill rainbow reflection
eau claire august dream
(10-01)






polka hall band's stalled
accordion player's still
in dane beer garden
(8-05)







madison milkman's sure -
this night, back in sev'nty, those boys
blew up th'math building
(12-14)








baraboo diner
busboy stacks plates at halftime
proud to be cheesehead
(1-10)






madison cyclist –
changing trees th’background, tries t’see
th’car doors opening
(6-15)






west coast t’kentucky,
stops t’camp in th’glade ‘f all colors
black river forest
(4-16)





joy ‘f th’wildest ‘f colors
‘n black river forest state park –
joy ‘f not having t’stay
(10-17)





leaves changing ‘n plattesville,
th’vet’s bitter – nam ‘bout killed him,
‘n’ no one seemed to care
(11-16)






roadside stand, deep sky -
homemade sign on balanced pile
of packer pumpkins
(9-05)











rosy cheeks, th’wholesome
country lifestyle – like t’buy all
‘f her packer pumpkins
(12-16)






packer pumpkin lass –
winsome smile, handpainted sign,
gets th’city folk t’stop
(9-17)





packer pumpkin stand –
th’lass tells of being rejected
f’r wearing th’wrong jersey
(10-17)







baraboo cheesehead –
three beers into th’football game,
‘n’ lost his perspective
(11-17)






maple leaf parade
all year she walks a straight line,
now she’s got an edge
(8-15)







lacrosse streets‘re littered
oktoberfest styrofoam
‘n’ th’logos make her sick
(8-15)








on vine street th’police
use their tools ‘f persuasion
her rage froths and spills
(8-15)







oktoberfest lass –
once you’ve had a few, no match
f’r th’lacrosse secur’ty
(9-17)






christ graces the walls -
spirit of vict'ry in toast,
packers pound the bears
(1-13)









centered on lambeau,
all that matters is sunday,
'n' th'likelihood 'f winning
(11-14)








loaf of bread, some wine
sheltered from season's first snow
french isle underpass
(1-10)





light snow near mad’son
th’old guy notes th’hiker’s freedom,
especially from th’law
(4-16)










dane exit, back in th’snow
th’guy says, mounties’re worse – his sons
blew up th’math building
(4-16)




lambeau's seats, frozen -
she becomes jealous 'f players,
at least they can move
(11-14)







frozen seats ‘f lambeau
husband eats enough t’stay warm,
she’s still cold, ev’n now
(2-17)





huge blizzard, foot ‘f snow –
lambeau’s faithful’s muffled yells,
packers have about won
(9-17)







grew up ‘n superior
all th’menfolk liked th’alcohol,
only thing ‘t didn’t freeze
(11-17)







finds th’seed ‘n his pocket,
winter day in th’lacrosse jail
teach th’kid a lesson
(10-16)







new glarus dance starts
early - snow, watch remind folks
of the old country
(1-10)







west t'th'river at yule
tells ‘bout th’wonders ‘f th’house on th’rock
he’d trade f’r a place t’stay
(1-17)






year's final complaint -
new glarus polka band starts
a few minutes late
(12-13)





manitowoc lads –
new year, drugs ‘n th’car – their mistake,
fell asleep downtown
(2-16)






whitefish bay champagne
romances dinner - outside,
wind comes in off lake
(10-01)






countdown ‘n whitefish bay
take th’keys from th’academic,
no time t’drive on ice
(10-17)





new glarus polka –
surprised they could have so much fun i
n th’bitter ice storm
(11-16)



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madison lass’ tale –
has th’bot army f’r th’online wars,
‘n’ she sips her cocoa
(1-18)





milwaukee lakeshore,
ice shines on deep blue water -
behind it, traffic
(8-05)




 

m’waukee gets harder –
long lines ‘t th’employment center,
icy wind off th’lake
(10-17)





bitter m'waukee wind -
driftwood, bottles strewn about,
ice hardened by grit
(10-01)









two-mile blizzard trek
fingers frozen to gas can
then, moose junction sign
(10-01)









oconomowoc,
dark beer, glare of icy streets -
they know him too well
(12-13)







brewers opener
they’re drunk, ‘n’ th’way they yell th’insults
clear whose side they’re on
-->(5-18)







m'waukee road boxcar,
pewaukee spring breeze through doors -
fisherman, too, waits
(12-13)








beloit campus blooms
even knowledge, groomed ‘n’ weeded
says th’dorm secur’ty
(3-18)










spring at th’covered bridge –
wisconsin lass says they’re there
‘cause th’cows aren’t too bright
(2-17)







grant park day lilies
th’bum tells th’lass, there’s still beauty
even ‘n south m’waukee
(2-17)





new glarus polka –
accordion player’s got th’tunes,
spring rains wreck th’timing
(9-17)







badger ferry lass –
th’cold spring rains are pounding th’lake,
she’ll hold onto th’boy
(9-17)








fon du lac lass’ tale –
four years she rode th’el – one june
came up t’go rafting 
(11-17)






grant park day lilies
new t’milwaukee, but she hopes
t’bloom where she’s planted
(12-17)







docks ‘t manitowoc,
ludington looks good, ‘cross th’lake,
but th’spring rains’ll hit both
(11-16)






th’badger ferry’s stalled
in th’spring downpour – ‘fraid he’ll miss
th’lass on th’mich’gan side
(3-17)



e pluribus haiku

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