1251

I’d sell my mother
for a pot of coffee
but already did that

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August 27, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: coffee, haiku, mother, senryu

1117

blooming or withered
she’s sustained us all
this singular tree

May 14, 2017May 14, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, kyoka, mom, mother, senryu, tree 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

746

talking about family
with my mother– mirrors
glare on mirrors

May 8, 2016May 8, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetryTags: family, mirrors, mother 2 Comments

574

her dead mother’s dress
dances in blues tempo
clothesline sways

(Revised)

February 24, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, poem, poems, poetryTags: blues, death, dress, haiku, mother, senryu

553

ducklings and mother
marching to the swimming pool
she shoos cats away

六十六

(Revision)

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Birds, Bruce Jewett, Cats, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, SpringTags: cats, ducks, haiku, mother, spring

338

mother praises me
for losing 55 pounds
bakes me fudge brownies

August 8, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Family, Fasting, haiku, SenryuTags: brownies, diet, enablers, haiku, mother, reboot, senryu 8 Comments

263

neighborhood widows
stand up and cheer for daughters
moving back to Mom’s

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July 9, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, SenryuTags: aging, brucejewett, haiku, mother, parents, senryu 2 Comments

Mother’s Day 5/2/15

roses for mother

she’ll get a refund, of course

but will keep the vase

May 2, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Family, haiku, Kindasorta haiku, Senryu, SpringTags: family, haiku, mother, senryu