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1497

hanging on the wall
empty, white boxes
etch our lives into

December 31, 2017January 1, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, haiku, senryu, winter

1496

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December 31, 2017December 31, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: family, haiku, new year, senryu, winter 5 Comments

1495

anna’s hummingbird
shimmers by— for a moment
trump is forgotten

December 31, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, haiku, senryuTags: haiku, poem, poetry, senryu 1 Comment

1494

tonight new year’s eve
watching a wonderful life
pretend not to cry

December 31, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, senryuTags: aging, haiku, senryu, winter

1493

barking late at night
out-of-town dogs visiting
for the holidays

December 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Dogs, haiku, senryuTags: Christmas, haiku, poem, poetry, senryu, winter

1492 sgi

an exiled buddha
trudging in snow— a sutra
burning deep within

December 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: buddhism, haiku, Nichiren, senryu, sgi-USA, winter

1491

even my cats yawn
don’t bat a whisker
car alarm shrieking

December 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, haiku, senryuTags: cats, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1490

a day to not drive
a day for quiet
run silent, run deep

December 30, 2017December 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, haiku, life, poem, senryu

1489

blank movie marquee
letters long gone— ghosts
smelling of popcorn

December 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, poetry, senryu 1 Comment

1488

old couple forgets
why they married— blames it on
the bossa nova

December 29, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: haiku, marriage, music, senryu 1 Comment

1487

coffee, cats, a place
to read and be read–
what else can life give

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, felines, haiku, senryuTags: aging, cats, haiku, life, poem, poetry, senryu

1486r

from the car behind
she pouts in my side mirror
putting on lipstick

(1st version appeared in “Failed Haiku,” 3/1/16, edited by Mike Rehling)

December 29, 2017December 29, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1485r

Chinese chef
on death row
dead man woking

(“Failed Haiku,” 3/1/16, edited by Mike Rehling)

December 29, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, poem, poetry, senryu 3 Comments

1484r

no bread crumbs, no baths
sparrows are sighing
since you moved away

December 28, 2017December 28, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Autumn, Birds, haiku, senryu, WinterTags: birds, fall, haiku, senryu, winter 1 Comment

1483r

as ash flung to wind
blackbirds scattering
first sign of goshawks

December 28, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, haiku, senryuTags: birds, haiku, senryu, spring, summer 1 Comment

1482r

cat at window sill
earth bows slowly east
sunrise fills her fur

December 28, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Cats, haiku, SenryuTags: cats, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1481r

shooting star flowers
white petals on wood fences
early morning walk

December 28, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, poem, poetry, senryu, spring

1480

younger, agile men
cleaning out my roof gutters
next lifetime I’ll help

December 27, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senyruTags: aging, autumn, fall, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1479

evening starts— wingbeats
and rustling of leaves
the lucky land home

December 26, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, haiku, senryuTags: autumn, birds, haiku, senryu, winter

1478r

bull frogs blink
a drunken poet
falls in their pond

(“Failed Haiku,” edited by Mike Rehling, 4/1/2016)

December 26, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, japan, poem, poetry, senryu 1 Comment

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