graduation

graduation–

their daughter's name

mispronounced

[Shiki Kukai, June, 2009; kigo: graduation]

Summer break time. I'll see you in the middle of August. Stay well, my friends.

fourth

Fourth of July

a teenager crosses

against the light

[I wish all my friends a glorious fourth. The fourth of July may not be a holiday where you are, but I hope it's glorious, anyway.]

light

first light . . .

after the car alarm

birdsong

[First published at Temps Libre]

splinter

teasing out a splinter

from the sole of my foot–

the heat!

[This is a revised version of a haiku that appeared in the Shiki Monthly Kukai, Free Format division, for June 2009. The assigned topic: wood]

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi

a pregnant woman

climbs the church steps

[First place, Caribbean Kigo Kukai, June, 2009; Kigo: Corpus Christi]

twilight

long twilight

the old widower argues

with his wife

[First published in Notes from the Gean]

Father's Day

Father's Day . . .

he looks at me

from the mirror