1168p

republican senators
mother of all
death panels

June 24, 2017June 24, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Political, senryuTags: aging, haiku, health, senryu, Trump

1121

ghostly knockings
from our old fridge
papa loved eating

May 17, 2017May 18, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senyruTags: family, fridge, haiku, health, senryu 2 Comments

884

fall sneaks in
don’t need a calendar
the bones know 

September 12, 2016September 13, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Fall, haiku, SenryuTags: bones, cold, fall, haiku, health, senryu 1 Comment

739

out of hospital
limping up the driveway
big, empty house

May 4, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: elderly, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, senryuTags: aging, health, hospital, independence, solitude 4 Comments

585

  

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetry, UncategorizedTags: breaking bad, haiku, health, healthcare, insurance, senryu 4 Comments

458

hot soaking my feet
cats gather at the bucket
ready for fishing

六十六

December 12, 2015December 12, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Cats, haiku, haiku for catsTags: cats, feet, haiku, health 1 Comment

Murder, She Wokked

Yes, you gave me life
And now want it back
One deep fried peanut butter
Banana sandwich at a time.

January 30, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Family, Fasting, Health, NutritionTags: dieting, enabling, health, mothers

Resolution Haiku

So many promises
To my fat self this New Year;
So many leftovers!

January 26, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Chinese poetry inspired, Fasting, haiku, Health, Love, Nutrition, poetry, WinterTags: determination, diet, haiku, health, new year, resolutions

Marketing

The self-effacement of women
Is as diamonds turning to coal
Wheat become worms and weeds
Oceans gone fatally barren.
 
Thistle frail doll looks into
A mirror, touches bone china 
Breasts with spindle fingers
And sees The 800 Pound Woman
From the marketing circus.

September 1, 2014 by brucejewett Categories: summer, UncategorizedTags: advertising, anorexia, health, marketing, self image, weight

Fast

Today I discovered
New bones around my belly.
Pants are beginning to fit better
As I excavate a man
Smothered and forgotten.

August 28, 2014 by brucejewett Categories: Fasting, Nutrition, poetryTags: aging, diet, fitness, health, self, weight