John C. Waugh > Quotes

“forget what you know”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“withered vine memories
hang
from the old house
do i exist?
 who’s asking”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“drunk on dreams aged
in memory’s casks
the soul gets
what the heart wants”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“plastic flowers beside the highway
middle of somewhere”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“dance
my friend
until it's done

busted haiku are my attempt
to poke holes in reality's wallpaper...
they come unbidden in brief
flashes at unappointed times...
they are not memories,
rather a separate way of seeing

forget what you know

used enlightenment
as-is
needs work

no clock ticks
true time

first crocus pokes winter in the ass

loves me not
she loves me
i quit while ahead

god is blind

tiny spider
i too hang in vastness

first loves
her hand and mine”
― John Coulton Waugh, busted haiku

“ramshackle barn
sunbeams play
while they can”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“hanging at the corner
of then and now
the
everything”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“je m’ouvre
no clock ticks
true time
there are no defects”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“used enlightenment
as-is
needs work”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“picasso pieces
in the broken mirror
of me”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“no moon
the dark sky glad with stars
first crocus pokes winter in the ass”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“tiny spider
i too hang in vastness”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku

“wild rose roots dream the bees
what does the baby see”
― John C. Waugh, busted haiku