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.

Sunday, April 30, 2006

sonogram

sonogram—
they begin to think
about a name

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

winner II

This haiku took first place in the Shiki Monthly Kukai for April. As I've explained elsewhere, a kukai is a competition in which the entries must be on an assigned theme or use an assigned word. In this case, the word was "wildflowers." We were required to use either the word itself or the name of a specific wildflower.

February wind
wanting to believe
the crocus

Saturday, April 22, 2006

afterglow

afterglow . . .
in the soft light she looks
like his ex-wife

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

reading

zen—
reading one more
introduction

Sunday, April 16, 2006

three

1
ash wednesday
my colleague
averts his eyes
2
good friday
following a pieta
through evening rain
3
easter sunday
not knowing the creed
by heart

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

sunny day

sunny day
the magnolia petals
begin their fall

Sunday, April 09, 2006

passion

bright morning
we carry palm leaves
to Sunday brunch

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

business

on a cell phone
while he waits for his dog
doing business

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