haiku-usa

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

Name: Bill
Location: New York, New York

A month before my 72nd birthday, I wrote my first haiku.

Monday, November 09, 2009

laid off

laid off . . .
a game of Monopoly
with the kids

Monday, November 02, 2009

morning glory

morning glory
I tell her everything
will be all right

[First published in Notes from the Gean]

Friday, October 30, 2009

halloween

halloween party
in my Don Juan costume
I'm taken for Zorro

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

yksikseni

yksikseni ...
sammutan valot
ja päästän sisään kuun
"Lights," translated into Finnish
by
Juhani Tikkanen
aka
tikkis

Monday, October 26, 2009

lights

solitude . . .
turning out the lights
I let in the moon

[First place in the Caribbean Kigo Kukai, September 2009; assigned kigo was "lights."]

Thursday, October 22, 2009

petals

jacaranda petals
from here to the corner
I step lightly

[First published in Notes from the Gean]

Friday, September 25, 2009

hot

hot wind
the crow's shadow darker
than the crow

[First published in Notes from the Gean]

Entering a very busy period. I'll be taking a break from blogging for a while. See you around the end of October. Stay well, my friends.

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