– 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 –
men washing dishes –
an early alarm
ends her Thanksgiving dream
[Nov. 24, 2005]
first snow —
an entire city
learning to drive
Thanksgiving snow storm –
a seatbelt protects each
steaming pie
[Nov. 23, 2005]
a wintry mix
at the bedroom window
big wet ones
[Nov. 22, 2005]
home for Thanksgiving —
in my old bed
in the guest room
[Nov. 21, 2005]
smells like Thanksgiving —
two dads smoke cigars
behind the garage
[Nov. 20, 2005]
full morning moon —
the working girl’s
gauzy blouse
Thanksgiving rush —
not as late
as that flock of geese
typo?
her lawyer listed
under “Martial Law”
[Nov. 19, 2005]
casual Friday
the senior partner
unbuttons his vest
[Nov. 18, 2005]
Indian Summer —
a squirrel tips over
the bag of rock salt
[Nov. 16, 2005]
she’ll never
own a cell phone!
she borrows mine
[Nov. 15, 2005]
gone a week —
only the librarian
says “i missed you”
[Nov. 15, 2005]
heading home —
one hawk
floats over the Beltway
entering New York:
another autumn hill
turns my head
from daylight to dark —
a full moon
out my windshield
gone a week —
quick peek to see
the river’s still there
unloading the car —
the moon
followed me home
[Nov. 14, 2005]
a lovely river
but not
my river
[Nov. 12, 2005]
the elm died
and the tulip tree grew —
between visits
[Nov. 11, 2005]
“you look so good”
on their counter, too,
Metamucil
nearly-full moon
the walk to the market
got a lot steeper
[Nov. 9, 2005]
mid-argument
the senior partner
has a senior minute
mid-argument –
opposing counsel crosses
her legs
[Nov. 9, 2005]
autumn highway —
distracted by
past-peak beauty
back in town —
three wrong turns
in a row
[Nov. 8, 2005]
mapping
a once-familiar route —
they’ve never seen my baldspot
[Nov. 7, 2005]
Guy Fawkes Night —
treacle better taste better
than it sounds
[Nov. 6, 2005]
same moon
same clock tower –
“wow”
[Nov. 5, 2005]
bad news
from the doctor —
voices through the wall
Day of the Dead —
the anorexic
looks envious
[Nov. 4, 2005]
autumn wedding
sweeping up brown and yellow
rice
[Nov. 3, 2005]
special delivery –
a smile from
the pregnant mailman
[Nov. 2, 2005]
just enough:
one wheelbarrow
two sisters, three pumpkins
November 1st —
All Sales Day
in the candy aisle
under her sheet –
the sleepy ghost
hides a Snickers bar
[Nov. 1, 2005]