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Month: May 2018

1951

thorns and leaves fondle
the window glass— a spring breeze
raps to get inside

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, senryu, spring 1 Comment

1950

a dog yelps loudly
my cats hop to the window
their schadenfreude

May 30, 2018September 23, 2019 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: dogs, haiku, senryu 5 Comments

1949

the mother parades
up and down the driveway
showing her fawn off

May 30, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1948

a sure fire way
to market my poetry
haiku robocalls

May 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, poetry, senryu, writing 1 Comment

1947

ready to pull weeds
but which are which
all pretty to me

May 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku 4 Comments

1946

an owl all night
perched on a telephone pole
listens to your calls

May 27, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: birds, haiku, owls, senryu, spring

1945

like getting drafted
into the marines—
new grandfatherhood

May 27, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, children, haiku, senryu

1944

fields of white crosses
whose war was good, whose was bad
doesn’t matter now

May 27, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, memorial, politics, senryu

1943

we used to argue
before you became ashes
the dead don’t talk back

May 27, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: death, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1942

my buddy snoozes
an apocalypse proof sleep
let hurricanes come

(tip my hat to J Richards of Florida)

May 26, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, senryu 3 Comments

1941

in the subway aisles
bluegrass cloggers step and leap
a heaven bound train

May 26, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1940

a bird observes me
checks his local wildlife guide
california sloths

May 26, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: birds, haiku, senryu, spring 1 Comment

1939

a bright spring morning
coffee burbles in the pot
what can potus do

May 26, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, politics, senryu, spring 1 Comment

1938

young women lust
for my tattered, mangled jeans
ask me where I shop

May 26, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, senryu

1937

my aunt complaining
how heavy each day
her bag is growing

May 25, 2018May 26, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1936

she shows me photos
of grandkids— I volley back
pictures of my cats

(Thanks to J Richards)

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: cats, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1935r

they’re all just one crew
my demons and my angels
changing hats on cue

May 24, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: angels, demons, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1934r

neighborhood yard sale
go-go boots and tassels
grandmothers giggle

May 24, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, senryu, spring 2 Comments

1933

late night sounds of steps
either deer or forty thieves
too lazy to look

May 24, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: deer, haiku, senryu 9 Comments

1932s

the vamp of high school
corners me— shows off pictures
of her grandchildren

May 23, 2018May 26, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, attraction, haiku, infatuation, senryu 2 Comments

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