haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

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Haiku is to poetry as espresso is to coffee.

Friday, June 30, 2006

found ku

Just for fun: each of these was essentially found and written down by me with only minor tweaking.
1
At the Guggenheim:
museum warning:
this exhibit
contains nudity
2
NY Times: A letter responded to a story on the use of music in the operating room, which mentioned a distinguished surgeon whose preference was Edith Piaf:
going under . . .
Edith Piaf
regrets nothing
3
Massachusetts license plate (They're very well educated up there):
vanity plate
on a BMW:
DEUS EX
4
Heard on the car radio:
nursing home jingle:
these are the days
you'll remember

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

musician

clouds parting
a blind street musician
strums the blues

Sunday, June 25, 2006

humid afternoon

humid afternoon
the ceiling fan
casts no shadow

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

solstice x 4

1
solstice
the dog takes a long
drink of water
2
solstice
shadows gather
into shade
3
solstice
the mosquitoes
won't quit
4
summer solstice
once again I begin
War and Peace

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Italy 1 USA 1

world cup
two flags
at the pizzeria

Sunday, June 18, 2006

who: father's day 2006

faded photo—
who is the baby
my father holds

Thursday, June 15, 2006

dragonfly

dragonfly
gone . . .
back

Monday, June 12, 2006

tattoo

butterfly tattoo—
her mother's friends
think she's flighty

Thursday, June 08, 2006

hedge

hedge full of sparrows—
is all that chatter
about me

Saturday, June 03, 2006

jogger

hanging traffic signal jogging in place

Friday, June 02, 2006

losing

fog moves in
Manhattan skyline
losing its edge

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