"For the Oates" - Jay Morris
Haiku One
The crippled phoenix
Stumbles toward resurrection
Breathing future ash.
Haiku Two
Tower of bone white
Hold in the sins of eons
Babylon is sand
Haiku Three
The pervasive tongue
Speaks in the bright alchemy
Of coalesced dreams
Haiku Four
Do you know the Oates?
Engineer of drunken birds?
Haiku mastermind.
Haiku Five
Poetry bridges
The gap between our ages
Peer, mentor, and friend.
"For the Oates" is part of a series of poems by Athens poets about other poets.
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