Haiku by Alexander Pérez

HONEYMOON
Pleasure uncovers
Pillow-talk loosens feathers
Seduction sleepless

HARK!
Angels blasting horns
Strip off their heavy winged coats
Apocalyptic

DANCE FEVER
Sweat-humid disco 
Dancers’ arthritic young toes
Set fire to rhythm


Alexander Pérez has published poetry in Trolley (The New York State Institute journal) as well fiction in Flash Fiction Magazine and Defenestration. He lives with his partner James Adriance in Albany, New York, works at the University at Albany, and holds an MS in Philosophy. He strives for brevity, economy, and conciseness in his poems while exploring atypical themes.