Art by Linda S. Hawkes, quote from Nichiren

September 29, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Buddhism SGI, haiku, Nichiren, PhilosophyTags: Hawkes, Nichiren, quote 1 Comment

896

long dark hair
short black dress
I’ve missed my station

September 29, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Love, SenryuTags: attraction, dress, haiku, senryu, sex, train 2 Comments

895/post debate

la matadora’s cape
glides along horns
that bellowing bull

September 28, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Political, SenryuTags: Clinton, haiku, Hillary, Trump 1 Comment

894/post debate

sparrows peck oats
from cow dung
trickle down economy

September 27, 2016September 27, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: debates, Economics, haiku, senryu, Trump

893

a pot of water
whistles up a new life
pomegranate tea

September 26, 2016September 27, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, SenryuTags: haiku, senryu, steam, tea

892

cocktail napkins
wee verses scribbled
in the wee hours

September 24, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, intoxication, poetry, Senryu, verse, WritingTags: cocktails, haiku, poetry, senryu 3 Comments

891

power outage
TV, WiFi lifeless
dragonflies whisper

September 23, 2016September 23, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, SenryuTags: dragonfly, electricity, noise, power, summer 4 Comments

890

TV-genic smiles
spin the unspinnable
trumpmongerers

September 22, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, SenryuTags: elections, haiku, senryu, Trump 3 Comments

889

crowing and clucking
somewhere in the condos
who’s not buying eggs

 

 

September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: chickens, condos, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

888

late night music
crickets and sounds
of pee on bushes

September 16, 2016September 16, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: crickets, haiku, pee, senryu, summer

887

death will be like birth
no regrets and looking
forward to everything

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: buddhism, death, life, nammyohorengekyo, SGI 4 Comments

886

on the tip
of my temporal lobe
a friend’s name

September 13, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: elderly, haiku, SenryuTags: aging, Alzheimer's, haiku, memory, senryu 6 Comments

885

flashes of gray
ripple through treetops
squirrels

September 12, 2016September 13, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, SenryuTags: haiku, senryu, squirrels, summer, trees

884

fall sneaks in
don’t need a calendar
the bones know 

September 12, 2016September 13, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Fall, haiku, SenryuTags: bones, cold, fall, haiku, health, senryu 1 Comment

883

to make a death rattle
clear your throat politely
letting the angel
handling reservations
know you’re next

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: death, haiku, Life-Death, TankaTags: angel, death, dying, transition 1 Comment

882

petals pressed and dried
fall from a book
love long unspoken 

September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Love, SenryuTags: flowers, haiku, infatuation, love, pressed, senryu 3 Comments

881

dry drunk on applause
addicted to the crowds
he’ll say anything

September 5, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Political, SenryuTags: audience, crowds, drunk, speech, Trump 1 Comment

880

cat yawns, curls up
sunlight pours over him
pools of warm honey

September 2, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, Fall, haiku, Pets, senyruTags: cats, haiku, honey, senryu, summer 1 Comment

along the highway
all shades of green and red
stretch to wave

September 1, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Autumn, Fall, haiku, SenryuTags: fall, haiku, senryu, summer

878

tempest knocks around
in our teapot– keep the lid on
let’s go for coffee

September 1, 2016September 1, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haiku, senryuTags: coffee, haiku, senryu, storm, teapot, tempest 2 Comments