1000

etching verses
on grains of rice
1,000 done– 10,000 left

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryu, WritingTags: haiku, minatures, rice, senryu 1 Comment

999

tea cup of soil
and kitty grass
land i will to you

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, haiku, senryuTags: cats, family, haiku, inheritance, senryu 1 Comment

998

grizzled lion
daydreams of the chase
gazelle chats him up

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: chase, elderly, gazelle, haiku, lion, senryu 1 Comment

997

chance meeting
doesn’t recall me—
body count stat

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, senryu, sex, social 4 Comments

996

tangerine peels
kleenex by my pillow
winter’s progress

January 28, 2017January 28, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryu, WinterTags: cold, haiku, illness, Mikan, senryu, tangerine, winter 2 Comments

995

in the fountain 
buddha sits
attended by deer 

January 27, 2017January 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senyruTags: buddhism, deer, fountain, haiku, senryu 5 Comments

994

aiming syllables
to pierce your heart
the sniper’s art

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Love, senryuTags: haiku, infatuation, senryu, sniper, Valentines, writing 5 Comments

993 R

little shark fins
cruise rumpled bedclothes
cat ears

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, haiku, senryuTags: cats, haiku, jaws, senryu, sharks 2 Comments

992 R

three rings begin
morning prayers
cat leaps out bell

January 23, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, haiku, senryuTags: bell, Buddhist, cats, haiku, prayer, senryu 1 Comment

991

posted around
the sugar bowl
beware of anteater

January 23, 2017January 26, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: ants, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

990 R

white almond petals
dance off branches
church bells

<inspired by Matsue Shigeyori (1596-1670)>

January 22, 2017February 6, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: bells, blossoms, church, haiku, rewrite, senryu

989

buddhists chanting
chairs bump– a whispered
goddamnit

January 21, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: buddhism, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

988

oh what to watch
inaguration ceremonies
or zombies on a train

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, Political, senyru, teapot, zombiesTags: haiku, inaguration, senryu, traintobusan, undead, zombies 3 Comments

987

enough mugs
of hot black coffee
feel klingon again

January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: coffee, haiku, senryuTags: coffee, haiku, klingon, senryu, startrek 2 Comments

986

what hillary learned
you cannot shame
the shameless

January 20, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, Political, senryu, senyru 1 Comment

985

fly south, little guy
you can’t live
on sugar ice

January 19, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, haiku, senryu

984

wee rush of colors
above ice and snow
anna’s hummingbirds

(for Caroline Ketman)

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: birds, Fall River Ca, haiku, hummingbirds, senryu, snow, weather 2 Comments

983

fast-fwd sex scenes
need no reminders
long winter nights

January 16, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, movies, senryu, sex 3 Comments

982

high school girls
gaze in envy
my torn, faded jeans

January 15, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senyruTags: denim, fashion, haiku, jeans, senryu 7 Comments

981

splattered leaves
a palette of reds
crushed cinnabar

January 13, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: fall, haiku, poem, poetry, senryu, verse, winter 1 Comment