Steve's Voyage Haikus


Manaus, 4/21/12

Portuguese sounds smooshy
even "x" says 
shh



Manaus, 5/10/12

the rainstorm never hit
my new shirt is already stained
sewing requires patience



Manaus, 5/23/12

firecrackers wake me
boys in white uniforms wander in the garden
from an eve falls a curtain of rain



Manaus, 5/28/12
 
death comes
to a
mosquito 
 
                     

Manaus, 6/3/12

bathed and primped
a fifteen-year old girl
emerges from the slum



Manaus, 6/3/12

on Sundays few people are about
shipyard dogs gather in the shade
of an unfinished ferry



Manaus, 6/3/12

fish bone in the street
jangalanga music
the women wear sparkly jeans!



Manaus, 6/3/12

puppy nosing in the garbage
in my dreams I sneak down dark 
passageways



Manaus, 6/8/12

clickclickclickclickclick
a new noisemaker toy
sweeps the neighborhood



Manaus, 6/12/12

sweat glistens on Ginny’s temple
a radio left on all night
on my birthday I eat mangos



Rio Madeira, 7/3/12

Ginny scrubs the oatmeal pot
brushes and floss scattered on the cockpit floor
swerving parrots catch the sun, glint green



Rio Madeira, 7/3/12

the motor clanks
a new vulture spreads its wings
in my dreams my belongings are scattered all over



Rio Guapore, 7/21/12
 
the sun fires
a spider´s thread
from our mast streaming



Rio Guapore, 7/26/12
 
where all is strange
(our American flag flaps faded on the foremast)
one´s outlook remains fresh



Rio Guapore, 8/14/12

where all is strange
(a bird that folds its wings like a butterfly)
one´s viewpoint remains fresh



Rio Guapore, 8/14/12

a barge loaded with yellow bricks
had sunk in the shallows
on the Pimenteiros waterfront



Rio Paraguay, 8/16/12

Thurston catches the southern trades
mongst the pointy hills of 
Paraguay



Rio Paraguay, 8/25/12

bills with five zeros
a soldier with a French Foreign Legion cap
new country!



Rio Paraguay, 8/25/12

whir (with each oar stroke the)
whir (little white wheels of my)
whir (sliding seat make this sound)



Rio Paraguay, 8/25/12

burning fields
a nap while The Other steers
the water is cold now



Corrientes, Argentina, 9/17/12

balding men shave their heads
women kiss each other's cheeks
the yacht club has two cats



Corrientes, Argentina, 9/17/12

cats are much alike everywhere
but some have better fur
than others

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