Friday Haiku, in honor of summer winding down
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the summer sky blue
wind waving dappled green leaves
and my pounding heart
Tag: haiku
Poet 20150904
So, I usually write a haiku on Friday. I love the form and I try to read a lot of the classic poets (in translation–my Japanese is practically illiteracy). Since I wrote a funny poem poem, I thought I should look for a humorous poem from one of the masters.
The fly on the porch
while rubbing its hands–
swat!
Issa
from Haiku Humor: Wit and Folly in Japanese Poems and Prints
By Stephen Addiss
with Fumiko and Akira Yamamoto
(I love the haiku books edited/translated by Addiss and published by Weatherhill/Shambhala. Many are out of print, but if you can find them, snatch them up.)
Poem 20150904
at my feet the dog
sleeps–breath rising and falling
then, of course, he farts
Poem 20150828
Holy crap, it’s the Friday Haiku. And since tonight we have a Supermoon™, you know what that means.
as big as a car
a single pockmarked headlight
for my summer’s end
Poem 20150821
no language has words
to contain what’s in my blood
no, nor my sorrow
Poem 20150814
refusing dinner
the post-surgery dog whines
demanding a treat
Poem 20150807
Haiku for a Friday
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cloud filled august sky
breezes tug my hat–thunder
or is it a jet
Poem 20150731
Friday Haiku Time
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a little shade and breeze
lull me to sleep–i look down
planthopper on my jeans
Poem 20150724
leafless green stem with
single spotless white flower
–even from the mud
Poem 20150710
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