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Month: August 2021

2544

take home all your toys
say goodbye to all our friends
those we leave behind

August 31, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, senryu, war 2 Comments

2543

late night cricket jam
footsteps of young people
headed home

August 25, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, senryu, summer 3 Comments

2542

crickets join
the distant moan
of a freight train

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: crickets, haiku, senryu, summer 2 Comments

2541

three legged sack race
forty years around the track
pursued by jackals

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: family, haiku, marriage, senryu 2 Comments

2540

gossip in the vents
old chatterbox house
all night whispering

August 22, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haiku

2539

shedding season
swept up enough
knit three more cats

August 21, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: cats, haiku, senryu, summer

2538

at my kitchen door
a little sugar, please
procession of ants

August 20, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: ants, haiku, senryu

2537

cherry branches
lay scattered below
elderly limbs

August 19, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: cherry-picking, haiku, senryu, summer

2536

tasting sweet
a sparrow’s name
dark eyed junco

August 17, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: birds, haiku, senryu, summer 1 Comment

2535

from the beach
samurai waves his sword
five black warships

August 16, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, japan, senryu

2534

birds, frogs, insects
jump at my visions edge
no one else sees them

August 14, 2021August 14, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, senryu

2533

my aunt’s restroom
bits of ancient bath soaps
empty of scent

August 12, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, senryu

2532

a special cat treat
a box of fluttering moths
fresh from the porch light

August 10, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: cats, haiku, senryu, summer

2531

old man squints
still needs directions
bowl of oatmeal

August 10, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, family, haiku, senryu

2530

crows protest
over pizza toppings
park dumpster

August 9, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: crows, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

2529

up down the stair lift
with the lights off
poor man’s space mountain

August 7, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: Disneyland, haiku, senryu

2528

after you go
wait for me
you’ll need someone
to scold

August 7, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, senryu

2527

children bickering
chickens gossiping
out of coffee again

August 7, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, family, haiku, senryu, summer

2526

for serving water
apple cores, banana peels
deer rate me five stars

August 6, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: deer, haiku, senryu, spring

2525

my unshaven face
scary enough
make children scream

August 5, 2021 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: fall, haiku, Halloween, senryu

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