overtime

overtime . . .

through my office window

the harvest moon

last game

Will any of my friends outside the US and Japan get this? (Shhhh, Aurora.)

last game

of the season

extra innings . . .

nibble

falling leaf

a squirrel crosses the lawn

nibble by nibble

brookside

brookside

whales are roaring

in the poem I read

(Previously published in tempslibre)

rain

rain on the lake

turning down

the volume

(Previously published in tempslibre)

grass

outside the wall
around the cemetery
long grass

fuori del muro
intorno al cimitero
l'erba è alta

au-delà du mur
entourant le cimetière
l'herbe est haute
tr. italienne Moussia Fantoli, francais Serge Tome

This appeared, with the translations, at tempslibre, June 2007. My thanks, and a tip of the hat, to Moussia and Serge.

3 a.m.

3 a.m.

the bright face

of the alarm clock

half full

a cup half full

of coffee gone cold

it's autumn

sequence

The first three senryu in this sequence have already been posted here. #1 has also appeared at tempslibre and tinywords and has been selected for this year's anthology of the Haiku Society of America. The sequence has just been published in its present form at haiku du jour (I've made one revision in #4.).

1

war news

I wash the ink

from my fingers

2

war news

switching channels

to reality TV

3

weekend drive

listening to war news

we miss the exit

4

war news

PRESIDENT: NO SURRENDER

TO THE PEOPLE