1173

morning air pulsates
racket of angry bees
neighbors chain saw

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryu, suburbsTags: haiku, noise, noise pollution, senryu, summer, trees

1169

the mob brandishes
pitchforks and torches
demands I pull weeds

June 25, 2017June 25, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryu, suburbs, summerTags: haiku, mob, neighbors, senryu, summer, weeds

1089

bumpy ride
roots of white oak
digging upwards

(Thanks to J Kirk Richards of Florida)

April 22, 2017April 22, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryu, suburbs, treesTags: haiku, oaks, roots, senryu, trees 2 Comments

499

cold, before dawn
a neighbors car alarm shrieks
raccoons do high fives

六十六

January 8, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, suburbs, Wildlife, WinterTags: car alarm, cars, haiku, raccoons, winter 2 Comments

425

dark shapes, some with horns 
forage lawns haunted with ghosts
and hung skeletons

October 14, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Fall, poem, poems, poetry, senyru, suburbsTags: All Hallows, deer, ghosts, haiku, Halloween, harvest, skeletons

415/s

in my rear mirror
I watch you put on lipstick
till the light turns green

(Failed Haiku, March 2016 issue, editor Mike Rehling)

October 5, 2015March 12, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, failedhaiku, haiku, senyru, suburbsTags: cars, congestion, haiku, lipstick, senryu, traffic 2 Comments

413

a bent tricycle
vases of wilting flowers
sitting on the curb

October 1, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Children, death, Family, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senyru, suburbsTags: accidents, children, haiku, kids, memorial 4 Comments

319

all doors and windows
stay open in this heat
neighbors hear neighbors

July 29, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, suburbs, summerTags: drought, haiku, heat 1 Comment

184

homes and acacias
hushed in grays– the sound of cars
pale lances of light

June 11, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, haikuforcats, suburbsTags: fog, haiku, homes, mist