1893

children of my friends
so grown up and radiant
now I feel my age

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May 4, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, children, elderly, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1689

a goodwill bargain
my first cane— in a moment
I’ve aged thirty years

February 16, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, poetry, senryu

1687

chasing the grandkids
around the playground
—— hope it’s angina

February 16, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, children, elderly, haiku, senryu

1642r🏞

how old I am, hmm—
more than some redwoods
younger than some hills

February 3, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, birthdays, elderly, haiku, senryu

1622🍰

three helium balloons
left over from her birthday
wrinkled and nodding

January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, family, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1614⌛️

one hundred and one
living in the same care home
as her youngest son

January 28, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, family, haiku, poem, senryu

1489

blank movie marquee
letters long gone— ghosts
smelling of popcorn

December 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, poetry, senryu 1 Comment

1406

traversing along
a cane in each hand
she heads for the mall

December 1, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: aging, elderly, haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, senryu

1287r

my age?
older than some redwoods
younger than some hills

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, elderly, haiku, senryu 2 Comments

1077

the struggle hooking
her buttons and necklace
my fingers sausages

April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: Catnap Revue, haiku, senryuTags: aging, buttons, elderly, haiku, senryu 1 Comment

998

grizzled lion
daydreams of the chase
gazelle chats him up

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: chase, elderly, gazelle, haiku, lion, senryu 1 Comment

965

old ladies bang
apart crocodiles
of shopping carts

December 30, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senyruTags: aging, elderly, haiku, senryu, shopping 1 Comment

902

Marshall Dillon
and Ben Cartwright
babysit my mom

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haikuTags: elderly, haiku, mother, senryu, television 7 Comments

789

lipstick tastes
like jitterbug days–
an aide holds a mirror

May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: aging, care, elderly, jitterbug, lipstick 4 Comments

665

salt and pepper
on my barber’s floor
–mostly salt

 

 

April 2, 2016April 2, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: aging, barber, elderly, haiku, pepper, salt 1 Comment