Global Haiku • Spring 2013
Dr. Randy Brooks

Haikugrass

by
Courtney Burress

My project is a combination of Bluegrass music and haiku—banjo haiku songs. The haiku-stanza lyrics are provided here, as well as MP3 audio recordings of an informal recording for Global Haiku 2013.

Country Home, City Home (MP3)

Here is the MP3 version: play Country Home, City Home.

Simply(MP3)

Here is the MP3 version: play Simply.

© 2013, Courney Burress

Country Home, City Home

step up
back porch pickin’
step back

the fiddler
taking
his bow

step up
back porch pickin’
step back

banjo
way out of tune
music to my ears

crooning
to the tune
of my broken heart

late nights
back home, in
fast company

lawn chair
full of dad’s pride
fireflies

step up
back porch pickin’
step back

step up
back porch pickin’
step back

Simply

barefoot guests
a banjo
plays her in

hay bales stacked
packed in seats
he sees her

as she winks
he misses
his cue

at home
in her arms,
like a banjo in his

crowded room
sneaking a kiss,
freckles line up

i am simply
in love