still life

still life

discarding

the rotted fruit

empty

empty parking lot

the starlings

have found something

August 23

on the courthouse wall

shadows of a shoemaker

and a fishmonger

Sacco and Vanzetti, executed August 23, 1927

ordinary

ordinary time

the darkening

of stained glass

This appears in the current (August) edition of roadrunner.

proud grandpa ku

Michelle Kenney, born 8:10 PM EDT, August 19, 2007

two hours old

already she knows

how to yawn

drive

weekend drive

listening to war news

we miss the exit

sparrow

sparrow

on a branch

off again

eye

eye for an eye—

nothing left

to cry with

[This is borderline senryu, since it clearly overlaps with epigram.]

high beams

high beams

the darkness

behind me

This appears in the current issue of roadrunner.

midsummer

August 7, which falls exactly halfway between summer solstice and autumn equinox, is sometimes called "midsummer day."

midsummer day

mulberry leaves

yellow the lawn

August 6, 1945

August 6 marked the 62d anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

where do I

put the accent—

Hiroshima

kites

Sunday at the beach

three kites holding

a conversation

Entered in the Shiki monthly kukai, July 2007, free format category

flea, corrected

There was a copying error in yesterday's post. This is how it should have gone

flea collar

the dog's bark

looks louder

Thanks to dana-maria for pointing this out. I've decided to leave both versions up, but this is the one I prefer.

flea

flea collar

the dog's bark

looks bigger

Entry in the Shiki monthly kukai for July, 2007. Kigo: "flea"