After a week of prolix punditry on our Home Page, haikuEsq has re-asserted himself. Below, you’ll find a crop of pumpkin haiku and senryu. We’ll be adding more by our Honored Guests, as we dig them up.
a giggling coven–
stunted pumpkins
left in the patch………………………………… paul m.
(3rd place, Shiki Kukai, Nov. 1997)
dry leaves scattered
over roadside pumpkins
the first hard frost……………………………….. Matt Morden
pumpkin field
i look back on the face
of a summer love
…………………………. ed markowski
a frown
of concentration
pumpkin carvingcarved
into a green pumpkin
queasy face
John Stevenson – “a frown” – Modern Haiku, XXX:2, 1999; “carved” – South by Southeast, 7:3, 2001
pumpkin patch — 
this one is big enough
for my son
……………………….. Yu Chang– Upstate Dim Sum (2005/I)
autumn sun–
the lawyer carries home
a pumpkinautumn emptiness
i leave the pumpkin
just as it is
pumpkins rumble
in a passing pick-up…
october sunset
……………….. by ed markowski
………………….. see Lissa & James shop for pumpkins
pumpkin patch-
I sever half a dozen
before my boys agree
…………………………………… Jason Sandord Brown
first day of fall
pumpkin pie
from scratch
three-headed stranger –
on his shoulders a pumpkin
and a harvest moon
pumpkin
floating in the river
Hunter’s Moon
perched on
the sumo’s belly —
one large pumpkin
……………………. by dagosan:
“perched on” – Nisqually Delta Review (summer/fall issue 2006)
potluck
Peace Protestors Banned from Pumpkin Fest Parade: This is a
little hard for me to swallow. The DeKalb, IL, Pumpkin Fest won’t
let the DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace & Justice participate
in this year’s parade — apparently because the organizers received
a number of written and oral complaints about their past participation.
Organizers said they don’t need a reason to reject a group and that
“nothing controversial” would be allowed. The peace group offered
to “carry only signs that promoted peace, not any that referred to
any particular political issue, war or federal office holder,” but that
was rejected. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, “Pumpkin fest bans pro-peace
marchers,” Oct. 8, 2005)
all those damn punkins
sitting perfect and orange
where the hell’s my knife?
Comment by b1-66er — October 8, 2005 @ 11:06 pm
david,
thought i’d add one here. daatwa back to 03,
never sent, never published. ed / piles of
pumpkins / i recall the face / of a summer love
Comment by ed markowski — October 9, 2005 @ 12:07 am
thank you, Edward. I like it and have just added it to the body of this post.
Comment by David Giacalone — October 9, 2005 @ 12:28 am
David: thanks for the information on my current addiction with hiaku and various legal discussions. I wrote you my own hiaku or whatever:
big toe on one foot
almost sure the site is good–
crazy pumpkin writers
I am still reading it all.
Comment by fanny powell — October 13, 2007 @ 2:15 pm