Robert Demaree- Haiku

    Nostalgia 1948—1968

    Dim childhood heroes

    Eddie Joost, Hank Majeski

    Philadelphia A’s.

    Sunday after church

    Family in living room

    Tchaikovsky playing.

    Pink button-down shirt

    Oxford cloth, those scuffed white bucks

    Nineteen fifty-four.

    Fraternity boys

    Weekend trips to Myrtle Beach

    Empty beer bottles

    Wedding trip hotel

    We can no longer afford

    On the Outer Banks.

    Solemn procession

    Marching to Morehouse College

    April, sixty-eight.

Robert Demaree is the author of three book-length collections, including After Labor Day (2014) published by Beech River Books. He presents poetry readings, seminars and workshops in North Carolina (October through June) and New England (June through October). His work has recently appeared in the Chaffin Review.