Top Tear Haiku
after Ethridge Knight
garbage truck backs up
tuesday morning 6 AM
early chirping bird
two used syringes
dandelions in mown grass
their seeds blown away
parking lot puddle
mirror, mirror in asphalt
ocean of ego
his crooked smile
on the same side of my face
photos of my dad
Tony Brewer is executive director of the spoken word stage at the 4th Street Arts Festival and his books include: The Great American Scapegoat (2006), Little Glove in a Big Hand (2010), Hot Type Cold Read (2013), Homunculus (2019), and The History of Projectiles (2021). Tony has been offering Poetry On Demand at coffeehouses, museums, cemeteries, churches, bars, and art and music festivals for over 10 years, and he is one-third of the poetry performance group Reservoir Dogwoods.