The Tide
tide way out, sand packed,
the kids, impressionist smears
at the water’s edge.
The Tide (haiku)
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Tag Archives: haiku
Garbage Day (haiku)
Garbage Day (haiku)
mayhem in the lane
all the bins have flipped their lids
Jack has left the box.
If Robert Mueller Wrote a Tanka (plus Mr’s Mueller’s haiku)
If Robert Mueller Wrote a Tanka
Why the long face, Bob?
always that same damn question
since I was a boy,
and always the same answer:
it is long because it’s long.
Couldn’t resist reposting that one. Okay, just one more……
Mr’s Mueller’s Haiku
You’re disappointed
you don’t know disappointment
you don’t know damp squibs
Photo: English Bay, Vancouver, A-MAZE-ING LAUGHTER, by Yue Minjun.
Haiku written in response to a comment by the incomparable Steve Simpson.
Children held in camps at the US border…(haiku)
Children held in camps at the US border…
the sultan of spin
in all his orange glory
can’t polish this one.
This was first posted a year ago, I guess I was wrong.
Haiku written while trying to stop writing haikus
Haikursed
haiku tortured night
surplus syllable flop sweat
cherry blossom hell.
The Poet Steps Out with Uncharacteristic Resolve (haiku)
The Poet Steps Out with Uncharacteristic Resolve
No free verse today
I’m taking my doggerel
for a long, long walk.
This haiku, by my good friend, Slim Volume, was short-listed in the non-starter category at the Mountmellick Haiku festival. Well done, Slim!
Exhibitionist (haiku)
Exhibitionist
San Diego Zoo
a pink-arsed baboon presents
it’s late afternoon
Rooster (Ometepe haiku) 2
Rooster
still dark, the rooster
starts his moronic complaint
damn pre-emptive cock
That Eternal Question (haiku)
That Eternal Question
god’s old dilemma
exercise or exorcise
judgement or demons
The Oscar of being George ( a hesitant haiku)
The Oscar of being George ( a hesitant haiku)
pride comes before a…….
without pride….one would never…
get up……off one’s arse.
If Robert Mueller Wrote a Tanka
If Robert Mueller Wrote a Tanka
Why the long face, Bob?
always that same damn question
since I was a boy,
and always the same answer:
it is long because it’s long.
Okay, just one more……
If Justin Trudeau Wrote a Haiku
I’m a feminist;
man, it’s difficult, women…
I just don’t get them.
Photo: English Bay, Vancouver, A-MAZE-ING LAUGHTER, by Yue Minjun.
Easter Monday Haiku
Easter Monday Haiku
blue sky, scattered clouds
slow day at the pearly gates
not a soul in sight.
If Donald Trump Wrote a Haiku
If Donald Trump Wrote a Haiku
golf ball in the rough
is anybody looking?
I think I’ll move it.
If Melania Trump Wrote a Haiku
orange is the colour
of my true love’s hair,
who am I kidding?
If Angela Merkel Wrote a Haiku
If Angela Merkel Wrote a Haiku
Brexit, my arse,
those nincompoops!
How did we lose the war?
If Dan Brown Wrote A Haiku
If Dan Brown Wrote a Haiku
a fugitive priest
a stolen chalice
old habits die hard
For a brief description of the haiku form, see here.
If Stephen King Wrote Haiku
If Stephen King Wrote Haiku
an open door
blood on the floor
mother’s mop waits
For a brief description of the form see here
3 Haiku that have nothing to do with Spring
Tunnel
there is a cliche
at the end of the tunnel
be all you can be.
Stock Exchange
a bear is on the loose
the once priapic market
losing altitude.
Counting Time
one two three four five
the Mississippi silent
but just for a while.
Why I have difficulty writing haiku
I thought I would give this one another outing at Open Link night over at dVerse.
Why I have difficulty writing haiku
problem with haiku
definite article is
first casualty
next casualty
indefinite article
makes me sound little
like Japanese guard
in prison camp in movie
world war two movie
who for some reason
is speaking English (how? why?)
with staccato voice
or perhaps I am
po-faced guru on mountain
dispensing bromides:
crow flies at midnight
in front of luminous moon
affair ends badly
all because I am
in service to, at mercy
of, syllable count.
Two Haiku’s to Start the Year
Raccoons
raccoons on the deck
humping in the porch light glow
procyonid love
Crosswalks
January morn
the low slouch of high school kids
cross sullen crosswalks
Following the Rhyme (haiku)
Following the Rhyme (haiku)
sacred and profane
irrelevant and germane
J. Cale and Cocaine
(I know, real haiku’s don’t rhyme)
Haiku and Poem written in a pub somewhere in Kitsilano
Poster
poster on the wall
Lennon at a piano
deconstructing Paul.
Perspective
imagine,
you, a frog
down a well,
above you
only sky.
Why can’t I write like Rupi Kaur? (haiku)
Why can’t I write like Rupi Kaur?
my quinoa* quota
was far from quotidian
thanks! sunflower seeds!
*’keen-wah
Late Fall haiku
Late Fall haiku
fall guy on the lawn
turning over an old leaf
they are all old now
…taking part in the Carpe Diem fall haiku challenge
Toadstool (haiku)
Toadstool
I see a toadstool
and wonder: what in toad hall
has that toad eaten?
