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.

Friday, October 31, 2008

November 1

All Saints
dusting the Buddha
after Mass

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

colors

autumn colors
an abandoned school bus
rusts in the woods
(Shiki Kukai, April 2008)

Monday, October 27, 2008

barefoot

barefoot
the earth
pushes back
[First published in Acorn]

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

roller coaster

roller coaster
a high rise
where it used to be
[First published in Frogpond]

Sunday, October 19, 2008

call

a phone call
from the friend who lives alone
autumn evening
[Shiki Kukai]

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

fog

fog lifting
the tree
where it is
(First published in Frog Pond)

Saturday, October 11, 2008

free

free market
time we learned
what it costs

Friday, October 10, 2008

today's news

foreclosed
a lawnmower hums
in the distance

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