pounce

lingering heat

the black cat pounces

on my shadow

International Haiku Kukai, September 2012

syllogism senryu

government is the problem

but we are the government

therefore . . .

tornado

tornado watch

I send a message

full of typos

boy

the supermarket boy

rounds up shopping carts

harvest moon

9/11/73

top of the world

however far you look

there's more to see

September 11, 1973: The democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in Chile by a CIA-backed coup.

dreams

an old man's dreams

not enough to fill

this winter night

First published in A Hundred Gourds

one for Juliet

This is the haiku I left as a comment at Juliet's blog. She mentions it in her comment on "mirror."

last item

on her to-do list:

stop 

I've revised it slightly. To see the original and learn the context, click on "Juliet" in the list of blogs.

mirror

the mirror

when no one is looking

first light

First published in A Hundred Gourds