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“Failed Haiku” edited by Mike Rehling.

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: failedhaiku, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, verseTags: haiku, poem, poetry, senryu, tanka, winter 2 Comments

1633⚛️

a buddhist meeting
so many younger people
just a few snow owls

January 31, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Buddhism SGI, haiku, senryuTags: aging, buddhism, haiku, senryu, SGI

1632r📕

I see my tax guy
time for his annual
belly laugh

January 31, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Economics, haiku, senryuTags: aging, haiku, senryu, taxes

1631

sorry we didn’t meet
I’ve so much to ask
my good friend Basho

🌻

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: Basho, haiku, senryu

1630🌾

I harvest the crop
cats yowl for salad
cup of kitty grass

January 31, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: cats, haiku, senryu, spring

1629🏺

petals in bloom
petals in dying
share one vase

January 30, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, poetry, senryu, winter

1628🛌

a near sleepless night
trying not to snore
cats are complaining

January 30, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haiku, senryuTags: aging, cats, haiku, senryu

1627📺

a power blackout
ceaseless buzzing ceased
dragonflies whisper

January 30, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, poetry, power, senryu

1626🌞

sun fills my pockets
won’t spend it all in one place
saving for next life

January 30, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, senryu, spring

1625r🏍

1952 Black Vincent

vincent motorbike
rusting in her backyard
red molly now gray

(Click on the link for the song.)

January 30, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, motorcycles, music, senryu 5 Comments

1624🍎

a supermarket
tiny shopping carts for kids
teach your children well

January 30, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Children, haiku, senryuTags: children, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1623💧

blue jay bending down
beak to beak with his twin
looking glass puddle

January 30, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, haiku, senryuTags: haiku, senryu, spring 2 Comments

1622🍰

three helium balloons
left over from her birthday
wrinkled and nodding

January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, family, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1621💀

my student asking
when do zombies take over
sudden urge to bite

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: death, haiku, senryu, senyru, zombiesTags: haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1620🍷

squirrels pick red berries
store and ferment all winter
birds pay any price

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, haiku, Health, senryuTags: birds, haiku, poem, senryu, winter

1619🔐

tombs to rent monthly
long rows of padlocks
skeletons hidden

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, senryu

1618🦌

rain brings grass
grass brings deer
deer brings poop

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: deer, environment, haiku, senryuTags: deer, haiku, rain, senryu, spring

1617🍊

should offer to share
the very last tangerine
cold winds at the door

January 29, 2018January 28, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, senryu, winter

1616🍟

big macs and shakes in
Ho Chi Minh City—
we won after all

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Economics, haiku, senryuTags: aging, boomer, haiku, senryu, Vietnam, war 1 Comment

1615🥀

guys still running in
flower shop closing
valentines day night

January 28, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Love, marriage, senryuTags: family, haiku, love, senryu, winter