HAIKU
P.O.D.
by Gwen Austin
Copyright 1998
Meeoow-purrr. Lend me your hand.
Arch-back, purrr, tail-twitch.
Purrr. Pet-On-Demand.
HOW DINI GOT HER NAME
by Gwen Austin
Copyright 1998
New kitty, where are you at?
In a hidden hole--
Yike! Houdini-like.
OLD WOMAN
by Gwen Austin
Copyright 1998
Bent over walker, she leaned,
a tree in winter,
frail, gnarled, rooted.
WILD FLOWERS
by Gwen Austin
Copyright 1998
Springing past grasses at last
wild flowers zoom, bloom,
vibrant until doom.