Haiku Poet & Bartender

                                                                                             jhhymas

This is Jerry Kilbride on the beach at Asilomar in 1992; I'm pretty sure he is writing haiku,

He was a mainstay of our Haiku Retreats for many years. He was also

 an honorary curator of the American Haiku Archive at the California State Library.

He had been instrumental in its founding.

Here is a link to his obituary on NPR.

I always thought he pretended to be a little cranky to camouflage his sweet spirit.

end of a long day

the old bartender's feet

take the floorboards home

cloud shadows

on silent cliffs

where condors nested

fog . . .

just the tree and I

at the bus stop

windows filled with light

at the home for the blind,

christmas night

nursing a friend with AIDS

I close the window

against rain

last flutter

of the butterfly

in the mime’s hand

mime

lifting 

fog

jumping rope

the little girl and her shadow

touch touch touch touch touch

Jerry Kilbride