Video American Haikus de Al Cohn 2025 Lyrics Lyrics

Al Cohn - American Haikus Lyrics

[Stanza 1]
In my medicine cabinet
The winter fly
Has died of old age

[Stanza 2]
Well here I am 2 PM
What day is it

[Stanza 3]
The tree looks like a dog
Barking at heaven

[Stanza 4]
Prayer beads on the holy book
My knees are cold

[Stanza 5]
In the morning frost,
The cats step slowly

[Stanza 6]
No telegram today,
Only more leaves fell

[Stanza 7]
Castles of the Gandharvas
Is full of aging young couples
[Stanza 8]
Early morning, yellow flowers
Thinking about the drunkards of Mexico

[Stanza 9]
The national scene
Late afternoon sun in those trees

[Stanza 10]
Nightfall
Boy smashing dandelions with a stick

[Stanza 11]
Holding up my purring cat to the moon,
I sighеd

[Stanza 12]
August moon
Oh! I got a boil on my thigh

[Stanza 13]
Drunk as a hoot-owl
Writing letters by thunderstorm

[Stanza 14]
All-day long
Wеaring a hat
That wasn't on my head
[Stanza 15]
Beautiful young girls
Running up the library steps
With shorts on

[Stanza 16]
Crossing the football field
Coming home from work
The lonely businessman

[Stanza 17]
Useless, useless
Heavy rain
Driving into the sea

[Stanza 18]
After the shower
Among the drenched roses
The bird
Thrashing in the bath

[Stanza 19]
The little worm
Lowers itself from the roof
By a self-shat thread
[Stanza 20]
Snap your finger!
Stop the world!
Rain falls harder

[Stanza 21]
Nightfall
Too dark to read the page,
Too cold

[Stanza 22]
In my medicine cabinet
The winter fly
Has died of old age

[Stanza 23]
Following each other,
My cats stop
When it thunders

[Stanza 24]
Spring evening
The two eighteen-year-old sisters

[Stanza 25]
The postman is late
The toilet window is shining

[Stanza 26]
Wash, hung out by moonlight
Friday night in May

[Stanza 27]
Empty baseball field
A robin
Hops along the bench

[Stanza 28]
Blackbird
No!
Bluebird
Branch, still jumping

[Stanza 29]
My rumpled couch
The ladies voice next door

[Stanza 30]
The bottoms of my shoes
Are clean
From walking in the rain

[Stanza 31]
Bee
Why you staring at me
I'm not a flower?

[Stanza 32]
The barn
Swimming in a sea of
Windblown leaves

[Stanza 33]
Glowworm
Sleeping on this flower
Your light's on!

[Stanza 34]
Spring night
A leaf
Falling from my chimney