haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

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Location: New York, New York

Haiku is to poetry as espresso is to coffee.

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

war

war memorial
dedicated
many wars ago

Saturday, July 20, 2019

wave

heat wave
the morning news
hits the porch

Thursday, July 18, 2019

over

vacation's over
tomorrow I see
the oncologist

Tuesday, July 09, 2019

white noise

white noise
I miss
the birdsong

Sunday, July 07, 2019

clear

morning clarity
a sunfish swims over
its shadow

Friday, July 05, 2019

;

inserting
a semicolon
summer clouds

Thursday, July 04, 2019

the eye

woman at the bar
just gave me the eye
I think

Your move

Wednesday, July 03, 2019

rally

rally round the flag
"your favorite President, me"
at the Lincoln Memorial

I know the syllable count is off, but I wanted to be sure to get the quotation right. Otherwise, who'd believe it?

Tuesday, July 02, 2019

on the way

on the way
to my 65th reunion
writing dirty haiku

Class of 1954

Monday, July 01, 2019

FOUND HEADLINES

These two headlines appeared on the same day on the front page of the Watertown (MA) Tab.

ROAD WORK DELAYED
GRADS TOLD TO LOOK
TO THE FUTURE

Oh, well, the future lies ahead. Watertown is my home town, by the way.

MY BOOK

Signed copies of my second book of haiku and senryu, senior admission, published by Red Moon Press, may be purchased for $15 in the continental USA, $22 elsewhere. Order via paypal.me/WilliamPK.

Need

waking up
too soon
summer passes

At my age everything is too soon, unless it's too late. Sometimes both at once.









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