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 index –

 

 

alito – 

the plaintiff’s bar

shivers

 

 

 

 

 

 

alito!

puffs from the right

huffs from the left

 

 

 

   [Oct. 31, 2005]

 

 

 

 

who are you

today?

Goth kids trick-or-treating

                     [Oct. 31, 2005]

 

 

 

 

two pirates smooch

on the overpass — 

the Pumpkin Patrol rousts them

 

[Oct. 30, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 30:

two wilted pumpkins

and all the candy gone

 

  [October 29, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

her marriage?

she says

it’s fine

 

 [Oct. 27, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first date —

her eyes linger

on the rusted fender

 

 [Oct. 27, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

out-patient exit —

taking home

a new sore throat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first snow this year —

strangers in hospital gowns

talk weather

 

 

 

   [Oct. 25, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rearview mirror–

the baby face

is gone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

still blocking 

my river view —

a few red, stubborn leaves

 

 

[Oct. 23, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

late for dinner

pasta

way past al dente

 

[Oct. 22, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first cold morning —

river mist mixes

with car exhaust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first cold day –

the same torn finger

on last year’s glove

 

[Oct. 21, 2005]

 

 

 

 

too cold for fireflies — 

campfire sparks

float over the rocks

 

 

 

 

 

Kashmir’s children

atop the rubble

under the rubble

[Oct. 20, 2005]  

 

 

 

 

my “funeral suit”

too snug —

someday, it’ll be baggy

                           [Oct. 19, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

running for judge —

she practices

her braille

 

                           [Oct. 18, 2005]

 

 

 

 

autumn cycle

one red and one brown

sock in the tub

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

two rainbows

in one day —

no one to tell

 

[Oct. 18, 2005]  

 

 

 

 

 

her beer breath —

tonight,

we both have headaches 

 

 

 [Oct. 17, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

class reunion –

he leaves

his toupee home 

 

 

                  [Oct. 15, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the middle

of the distraction —

an interruption

 

 

 

leaf-peepers ooh and ah —

why didn’t I

bring my gloves?

 

 

 [Oct. 14, 2005]      

 

 

 

 

 

 

half a tank —

above the gas pump

Old Glory in tatters

 

        [Oct. 13, 2005, hat tip

            to elizabeth macfarland]

 

 

 

 

cold autumn rain

spotting three yellow slickers

she smiles

 

[Oct. 12, 2005]  

 

 

 

you can’t carve that!

daddy snatches

the orange bocce ball

 

[Oct. 11, 2005]