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.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

years

wedding announcement
all those years we didn't ask
and they didn't tell

For Bill and Jack 

Saturday, June 27, 2015

where

butterfly
where do I
begin

First place, Shiki Monthly Kukai, June 2015; Assigned theme: Insect metamorphosis

Thursday, June 25, 2015

her

her suicide . . .
the church full of people
I think I know

First published in Modern Haiku

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

dot

monsoon season raindrops dot the dust

This is one for my friends in Santa Fe. It appeared in the Shiki Monthly Kukai for May 2015; kigo was "rainy season."

I'll be taking a break. I'll be back on or about June 25. Stay well, my friends.

Saturday, June 06, 2015

scary

scary movie
my living room
never dark enough

Although I wrote this a few days ago, I'm posting it as a response to Tikkis's comment-ku on "solstice."

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

solstice

solstice
the darkness
of the wind

First published in The Heron's Nest

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