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Earthquake
The
PineappleStolen
• 30 haiku •Mike Andrelczyk
First published in Denmark in 2018by Bones—journal for contemporary haiku.http://www.bonesjournal.comCopyright © Mike Andrelczyk 2018photos by Mike Andrelczykcover design and layout by Stacey Andrelczyk
The Stolen Pineapple EarthquakeThirty Haiku
Mike Andrelczyk
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stolen pineapplesquiver on the earth tremorthe clocks surrender
archipelagosof clouds, failing again tobecome a bird
her red high heelsthe broken glass starsof Taurus
brittle pink coralmy underwatermemory of you
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the lightbulb moona brown moth rolls its wingsinto cigarettes
fluorescent owls a block of ice in a blue refrigerator
Figure c: Trading bones for passage
Orion sleeping pills dissolving
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* poem about refugees but only show blood oranges bobbing on the sea.
*poem about a beautiful graphic on an empty orange juice container.
* poem about language and melting ice.
* poem about the moon but the moon is a guitar.
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* poem about fish bones and intestines and what we think of god.
* poem about disappointment but it’s only the word sea.
* poem about skin but the skin is a border and the country is a whale.
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in their dark glass tankthe lobstersorbiting in the sun
fishheads oil on the language wheel
Asleep even in this dream the lions need meat
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in an otherwiseempty cafeteria the glowing man eats sherbet
escaping througha tear in the beehivethe alphabet song
a horse with his horse in the air
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a blue winderasing the Latin namesof ferns
I never noticedthe parrot perched on my head - the first full moon of spring
The avalanchethe seafoam and the bears all made of mist
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at the bottom of the seaa spoon in a drawer
Jellyfish swimmingin a pale blue skythe sound of rustling paper
old adventure film- the black & white pineapplesstill neon yellow
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an old dreamswinging from the jasper branch -zebras
looking at the hotel bible blue dawn
seeds dissolving into the shape of infinity
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Publishing credits
stolen pineapples Bones 11archipelagos Bones 9her red high heels Soft Cartel, 10/31/17brittle pink tinywords 15.1the lightbulb moon Modern Haiku 48.3fluorescent owls Bones 9Figure c: is/let, 10/1/16Orion Hedgerow #50All * poems is/let, 3/6/17 in their dark glass tank Modern Haiku 47.1 fishheads Modern Haiku 47.1Asleep Road Runner, Feb. 2009in an otherwise Bones 12escaping through LNP Sunday magazine, 6/19/16A horse with its Bones 9a blue wind Modern Haiku 47.3I never noticed Hedgerow #61The avalanche A Hundred Gourds 4.3; Haiku 2016, Modern Haiku Press 2016at the bottom Acorn, Fall 2016Jellyfish swimming Hedgerow #36an old dream Bones 11looking A New Resonance 8, Red Moon Press, 2013seeds dissolving Bones 11