Copyright 2020 Bruce Jewett
My haiku/senryu which has appeared in
FAILED HAIKU, edited by Mike Rehling
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in my rear mirror
I watch you put on lipstick
then the light turns green
(3/1/16)
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bull frogs blink
a drunken poet
falls in their pond
Chinese chef
on death row
dead man woking
(4/1/16)
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pink fingernails
laquered with gilt
my banker offers a pen
young women
in day-glo dresses
wait for their latte
(5/1/16)
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cats chase laser dots
no happiness here
only its pursuit
in lilting Japanese
she bows to a caller
on the telephone
(6/1/16)
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nike shoes hang
on a telephone wire
jays shriek like teens
sunset on the prairie
shadows of grain elevators
ramshackle castles
(7/1/2016)
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raking dry grass
piles of black pellets
deer nod their thanks
swept up by a heron
the koi looks down
hey, there’s my pond!
(8/1/16)
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a true marvel
the candidate’s trousers
didn’t ignite
god must’ve blown
them all out– skies
empty of stars
(9/1/16)
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led by their devices
hunters stream pass
oleander blooms
rattling compressor
vinyl pumpkins inflate
my neighbor’s lawn
(10/1/16)
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long dark hair
short black dress
I’ve missed my station
a pot of water
whistles up a new life
pomegranate tea
ace crematory’s
mini-van rattles off
dad’s last ride
(11/5/16)
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when you go
who will I wake
and tell my dreams
(12/1/16)
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given up
to a shelter
purrs still in my ear
she reads sutras
from a smartphone
her face illumined
cat snuggles
around a coffee mug
I go without
(1/1/17)
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doe nuzzles
a deer made of wires
and lights
snow drifts
on castle ruins
battering ram intact
(2/1/17)
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in the fountain
buddha sits
attended by deer
fast-fwd sex scenes
no need to dwell
long winter nights
tangerine peels
kleenex by my pillow
winter’s progress
(3/1/17)
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bathing her face
in cobalt blue
netflixing in bed
lines were drawn
then wiped away–
walking by the sea
walking at night
living rooms are aquariums
flickering blue light
indecipherable notes
all in my handwriting
a stranger’s gift
(4/1/17)
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a new birdhouse
my real estate empire
flourishes
waves to cars
his cardboard sign
scrawled with haiku
(5/1/17)
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alongside traffic
a deer limps
against the lights
above a hospital
white doves rush
into nightfall
deprived of coffee
out of doughnuts
zombies attack
(6/1/17)
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quiet enough
to hear a loquat
kiss the ground
god walks in eden
inspects his prize roses
cusses out the deer
(7/1/17)
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what about pigeons
where’s can they poop
when the statues leave
all around my block
garage sales selling
things I once owned
her chalk white hair
clings to vacuum rollers
a keepsake
along a folding screen
strokes of sumi ink
distant crows
(9/1/2017)
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within my brain
weathered road signs
fallen in tall grass
dolls in the attic
will they recognize
our grown-up girls
sweeping up
after the deer
price of haiku
(10/01/2017)
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oaks decorated
with circular wounds
their purple hearts
every 6 AM
the beat of joggers
destroying their knees
(12/01/2017)
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even when signs say
no hay entrada
poppies sneak across
it doesnβt snow here
the moon pities us
shades everything white
(02/01/2018)
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