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1658🌞

no matter how lost
in winter we areβ€” our hearts
of eternal spring

February 6, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poems, poetry, senryu, senyru, WinterTags: aging, haiku, senryu, winter 2 Comments

1637πŸ›’

a supermarket
tiny shopping carts for kids
wash their little brains

February 2, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Children, haiku, memorial, poem, poems, poetry, Senryu, senryuTags: children, exploit, haiku, senryu

1634πŸ“Ί

books of poetry
piled up next to a teevee
power cord unplugged

February 1, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: haiku, poem, poetry, senryu

FH #26 is here❗️⛩

Link to the latest edition

“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

1577

I’ve said my prayers
bring on the shenanigans
unleash Kellyanne

♠️

January 22, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, Political, senryuTags: haiku, politics, senryu, Trump

1571

hiroshima tram
653 at ground zero
many times a day

January 21, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Japan, poems, poetry, senryuTags: densha, haiku, hiroshima, japan, senryu, tram

1552

bits of damp paper
what the laundromat
thinks of my verses

πŸ–Œ

January 16, 2018January 16, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryu, UncategorizedTags: haiku, laundry, poetry, senryu

1541

haiku– for people
with attention defi…
sounds of cats yawning

(Thanks to J Kirk Richards of Sanford FL)

January 13, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: cats, haiku, senryu

1514

never shoveled slush
never put on chains
or do snow angels

January 5, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: environment, haiku, poems, poetry, senryu, Winter 5 Comments

1505

it’s too late, too late
flowers are incredulous
unpunctual rain

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: drought, haiku, poem, poems, senryuTags: drought, haiku, rain, senryu, winter

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

1442, 43, 44

colder than a wave
from a lunar sea
sharks making tax law

-0-

old orange badger
driving our bus off a cliff
who will take the wheel

-0-

my holy city
just a tyrant’s pawn
on a ravaged board

December 17, 2017December 17, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Economics, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: haiku, politics, senryu

1239rv

leafy green stems
of lucky bamboo
a sunlit vase

August 20, 2017August 21, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, senryu, senyru

1152

my poetic license
and heckler insurance
another price hike

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Economics, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: cats, haiku, insurance, poetry

1124s

astrodome sold out
to hear just one haiku
poet’s valhalla

May 21, 2017May 21, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poems, poetry, senryuTags: afterlife, astrodome, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

1107

giving to the very rich
and refusing health care
our generous poor

May 7, 2017May 7, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, senyruTags: generousity, haiku, poor, senryu, trumpcare 9 Comments

1057

tiny verses
borne on winds
seas of electrons

#haiku #senryu #micropoetry

March 26, 2017March 27, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Catnap Revue, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: haiku, senryu, verses 3 Comments

1025

mexico pays for wall
rents acapulco
to the chinese navy

February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Political, senryuTags: china, haiku, Mexico, senryu, Trump, wall 3 Comments

1020

enfolding my heart
she sings her baby
and me asleep

February 18, 2017February 18, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poems, poetry, senyruTags: baby, family, haiku, lullaby, senryu

1008

marionettes stumble
snag and twine
puppeteer scolds them

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Physics, poem, poems, Political, senryuTags: haiku, marionette, puppets, senryu

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