Recess

I'll be taking a recess of about six weeks. See you around the middle of October. God bless.

art

art tour

trying to see

what they're told

(First published in Simply Haiku)

letter

her letter . . .

between the lines

there's nothing

(First published in Simply Haiku)

high note

midsummer night

the jazzman's trumpet

aims at the stars

(Shiki Kukai, May, 2008)

[I neglected to mention that this is a correction of an earlier posting, in which there was a copying error. Thanks to all who commented on either posting.]

medicare

her medicare card

in the morning mail . . .

the girl that I married

[This appeared in the Shiki Kukai, July 2008. The assigned topic was "official document."]

exit

"We . . . have to work . . . sort of the dark side"
(Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States, speaking on Meet the Press, September 16, 2001, five days after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon)

exit strategy—

finding a way back

from the dark side

The Dark Side is also the title of an enthralling and appalling new book by Jane Mayer.

accent

I first posted this a year ago. This year, I was away on August 6, so this is a late posting of what I'll offer annually as a commemoration

where do we

put the accent—

Hiroshima

firefly

firefly in a jar

the little girl

starts to cry

(This appeared, in a slightly different form, in the Shiki Kukai July 2008.)

I'll be taking another short break (What a gadabout!). See you in a week or so.