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you’re sending mixed metaphors
your rhythm’s way off.
Suspicious Haiku (when poets fall out)
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Compass 2017 (haiku)
Another Haiku Featuring a Vacuum.
allergens loiter
on the vacuum’s humid breath
spiders abandon
web based solutions
seek cover in crevices
domestic terror.
Skunk Two
struts across the lawn
with a cleric’s confidence
tail cocked and cocksure.
This is an alternative version of the previous post (I don’t know how people write novels, seventeen syllables gives me enough problems). I think this version is more musical because of the alliteration at the end, and because “sphincter” is not a very musical word. Comments, opinions are welcome.
Skunk
struts across the lawn
with a cleric’s confidence
tail cocked, sphincter primed.
Haikuum Two
down in the basement
vacuuming shards of sunshine
slanting ‘cross the floor.
This a re-working of a recent haiku. Not much time to write lately (my daughter got married last weekend!), so 17 syllables are as much as I can squeeze in.
Haiku for Donald
petulant pillock
curmudgeon with a cudgel
bombastic buffoon.
Hard Times Haiku (some knowledge of grammar required)
Hard Times
he felt deleted
like a worn-out expletive
declined, like a noun.
Photos: Waiting for the Drop
Haiku Extracted from the Previous Post
high fives and fist bumps
haircuts just like Eric Trump’s
brodacious banter
Cherry Blossoms Bloom (3 haiku)
Cherry Blossoms Bloom
I
cherry blossoms bloom
well-dressed ladies from Beijing
pose with hand on hip
II
cherry blossoms bloom
the air is sticky with greed
houses, for sale, sold.
III
cherry blossoms bloom
the wrecking ball’s lazy swing
petals, debris, spring.
These 3 poems appeared separately in Spring of last year, I thought they worth assembling together. They are probably the only poems ever written about cherry blossoms and the Vancouver Real Estate Market.
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