– 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 index –
two days
after the hurricane —
tears for strangers
[Aug. 31, 2005]
litigation bags —
the associate’s
half-closed eyes
[Aug. 31, 2005]
sticky sunrise —
waking to an empty
ice cream carton
[Aug. 30, 2005]
sudden scent
of moth balls —
the widow’s open window
[Aug. 29, 2005]
aging veggies
in the fridge —
I break a few eggs
[Aug. 28, 2005]
clearing out
the spider webs —
again, I spare the cricket
[Aug. 27, 2005]
scratching my back —
one more job
for the scarecrow
[Aug. 26, 2005]
backyard bocce –
tonight we’re
the noisy neighbors
grandpa’s smile
vanishes —
one flattened tomato plant
the red ball is closest —
sunset distracts
the green team
twilight —
not even the dog
can find the pallina
girls against guys —
who knew
white wine improves your aim?
late August —
she switches
my fan to low speed
[Aug. 24, 2005]
no impatiens this year —
resenting
the lazy neighbor
[Aug. 23, 2005]
rounding the curve —
an almost-full moon
rolls back into view
[Aug.22, 2005]
the power boat’s wake —
a pair of ducks
gets goosed
[Aug. 21, 2005]
end of August —
bees shun
the wrinkled roses
[Aug. 20, 2005]
something I said?
the cricket’s
gone, too
[Aug. 19, 2005]
six ducks
on a river log —
seven dawdlers
[Aug. 18, 2005]
bathtub cricket,
where do you go
while I shower?
[Aug. 17, 2005]
“easy to assemble”
I put it back and
grab a teddybear
first night on campus —
mom’s gone
and the bed’s still in its box
setting up the creche —
the Baby’s name
whispered over and over
[Aug. 17, 2005]
after the rain —
a three-quarter moon
over the closed five-n-dime
[Aug. 16, 2005]
shopping for sweet corn —
the attractive stranger
is very choosy
[Aug. 15, 2005]
sunday night rain —
the church lady curses
headlights with halos
[Aug. 14, 2005]
lemon-ice stand —
the lawyer-dad looks for
a Brain Freeze Warning
[Aug. 13, 2005]
the old couple’s legs –
skinny and white as
mine
[Aug. 12, 2005]
from the shower,
a sad love song —
bathtub cricket
[Aug. 11, 2005]
firefly season ends —
the freshman
packs her car
[Aug. 10, 2005, for megan & katie]
a golden sliver of moon —
her wedding ring
glints
[Aug. 9, 2005]
rattle, whir, hum —
three-fan night
in August
[Aug. 8, 2005]
balmy Sunday —
alone indoors
with one fat housefly
[Aug. 7, 2005]
first-date daisies
she never mentions
they’re wilting
[Aug. 6, 2005]
the grocery bag spills
blueberries . . . . . . r o l l
bananas don’t
[Aug. 5, 2005]
her thirty-year-old
photo — my nag finishes
out of the money
[Aug.4, 2005]
postcard sunset —
geese
flying
in
broken
formation
[Aug. 3, 2005]
the sweaty tenant
the sweating
toilet seat
[Aug. 2, 2005]
stars fading –
she says I resemble
that aging actor
[Aug. 1, 2005]
two squirrels play tree tag —
slow moving
Saturday night
[Aug. 1, 2005]
