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.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentine's Day

she asks her aging husband

if he needs to pee

(Overheard at a restaurant this evening, February 14.)

haiku-shelf said...: a good haiku/senryû!; 12:50 AM
polona said...: awwww... excellent senryu; 9:43 AM
Masago said...: senryu, smenryu, I love it!; 4:46 PM
Bill said...: Thanks Angelika, polona, and Vaughn. I don't intend any irony in the subject heading, but you knew that.; 9:34 AM
floots said...: this captures long-term intimacy better than any sociologigal research
thanks bill; 12:14 AM
Bill said...: Thank you, floots. That's what it sounded like to me.; 8:12 AM
Gabi Greve said...: a scene from real life, haiku at its best !

GABI; 9:07 PM
Bill said...: Thanks for that very positive comment, Gabi.; 9:22 PM
jem said...: This is great. And I love that you added its context. It reads as so real. I like poetry that cuts through all the flowers and hearts to a more original declaration of love.; 3:50 AM
Bill said...: Thank you, Jem. You were obviously the right reader for this one.; 8:01 AM