f/k/a archives . . . real opinions & real haiku

– below are haiku and senryu written by “dagosan“, this weblog’s Editor, David A. Giacalone. most have been on the Home Page, some are outtakes and rewrites. each is a work in progress. i hope they show improvement over time and encourage others to try writing haiku –

 – click here for dagosan’s archive –

 

 

snowbank

becoming

compost

 

 

                  [March 31, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

empty coffee pot

gotta go

gotta go

                  [March 30, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

one small patch

of muddied snow —

the creek keeps rising

                  [March 29, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

her chocolate breath

mingles with mine —

easter sunset

 

 

 

 

 

hills behind

snow mist —

tailgater in the mirror

 

 

 

 

 

our chilly hug —

ice encircles

the island

 

[March 28, 2005]

 

 

 

more gray heads

at the easter meal —

withered cattails in the yard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

easter monday:

three baskets

late but full

 

        [March 27, 2005] 

 

 

 

giant chocolate bunny!

solid

or hollow?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when we were kids

it smelled bad —

decorating easter eggs

 

 

 

 

                                              [March 26, 2005] 

 

 

podcaste pariah –

can’t hear

the compliments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Friday

the apostate

sees crosses everywhere

                                              [March 25, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

floes jam

below the trestle —

a flood of warnings

 

 

                  [March 24, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the duckling

skirts the ice floe —

our river rendezvous

 

 

 

         

mom’s voice long distance    

first thought,

who died?

 

[March 23, 2005]

 

 

 

big thaw overnight –

reflections

on the river

                                   [March 22, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

last snowbank —

the soccer ball

re-emerging

                                        [March 21, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spring arrives —
new snow brightens

old snowbanks

 

        [March 20, 2005]

 

 

 

frozen river–

snow hides

the elm’s reflection

 

             from Manichi Daily News

                  March 5, 2005 (No. 669)

 

 

 

 

I hesitate —

the plumber’s

offered hand

 

                          

 

 

 

new leaves

soon!

savoring the winter view

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Patrick’s Day —

drawing the

designated-driver straw

 

 

[March 18, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

Saints Patrick

and Christopher  —

sharing a brew and a ride

 

                         [March 17, 2005]

 

March sunrise —

back pain

interrupts

                              [March 16, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first warm day

her pale

gloveless hands                

                       [March 15, 2005]

the lawyer

represents himself —

the widow’s raised fist

 

                              March 15, 2005

                              Versaci v. Ritchie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where the man

fell in yesterday —

more thin ice

 

                              [March 14, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

they point out

the differences —

meeting twins

[March 13, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mid-March thaw —

et tu,

(snow) buddha?

 

 

 

 

          

 

St. Paddy’s parade —

at the curb

green and yellow snow

                                                       [March 12, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

new eyeglasses —

a duck,

or a boot, on the ice 

                              [March 11, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my childhood barber shop–

only the mirror

is different 

                              [March 10, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

filling the pan

on the radiator —

icicles drip                 

                   [March 9, 2005]