We hope this collection of haiku and senryu from f/k/a‘s Honored Guest Poets, and its editor, will inspire, illuminate and enliven your Christmas and Holiday Season. The author and the original publication of each poem is given after each poem or group of poems.
December 2007: New this year:
holiday recipes…
I set a haiku
on the backburnerhow did Santa know?
a roll of duct tape
in my stocking
turkey leftovers —
a bare maple glazed
with moonlight…………………. by laryalee fraser
Christmas lights
my eye is drawn
to the house with nonered bows decorate
the ‘Closed for the Season’
signChristmas service
the old carols
with no back-beat………………………………………….. by Hilary Tann
Christmas eve
the carousel animals
all motionless
Christmas eve –
in the courtyard below
a flutter of wings
Christmas eve-
the row of cut trees
no one took home
feeding pigeons
on Christmas morning ~
the can collector’s red socks
…………………….. by Pamela Miller Ness
“Christmas eve/trees”: Modern Haik XXIX:2 (Summer 1998)
“Christmas eve/carousel” Modern Haiku XXIX: 2 (Summer 1998)
“Christmas eve/courtyard” – the seq. Can Collector’s Red Socks (2003)
“feeding pigeons” – from Can Collector’s Red Socks (2003)
Christmas eve
in her pajamas all day
the youngest one
…………… by Tom Clausen – Upstate Dim Sum (2003/1)
home for Christmas:
my childhood desk drawer
empty
Christmas Eve —
bits of a price sticker
stuck on my finger
first Christmas —
our baby sleeps through
the unwrapping of his gifts
………….. by Michael Dylan Welch ..
“home for Christmas” – from Open Window – haiku & photo
“Christmas Eve” – The Heron’s Nest (Sept. 2005); “first” – frogpond XXIX: 2 (2006)
Christmas morning
a yellow ribbon
of sun
Christmas Eve–
the hum of power lines
just pass the mall
home for Christmas
the golden afterimage
of a camera flash
……………. by Alice Frampton– –
“Christmas morning” – New Resonance 3; beyond spring rain
“Christmas Eve–” – The Heron’s Nest (Dec. 2003); “home” – Frogpond XXX:1
red envelopes
the sound
of children’s laughter
…………….. by Yu Chang – Upstate Dim Sum 2003/I
wrapping gifts
the dog stops panting
for a pet
…………… by w.f. owen – Mainichi News Dec. 5, 2005 (No. 678)
too tired
to untangle
christmas lights
………………………….. by Roberta Beary
victorian christmas
a trail of horse shit
down the main street
stuck beneath
the nativity stamp
a strand of blond hair
steeltown Christmas
drizzle blurs
the neon welcome
……………….. matt morden –
“victorian christmas” & “stuck beneath” from Morden Haiku
“steeltown Christmas” – The Heron’s Nest, Valentine Award (2002)
silent night, holy night
three
at the bar
……………….. by David G. Lanoue from the novel Haiku Guy
christmas eve
in the taxi cab
a scent of pine
bitter cold
the bell ringer —
peppermint breath
………… by Tom Painting –
“christmas eve” – bottle rockets #12
“bitter cold” – The Heron’s Nest
Christmas blizzard—
everything white
except his cheeks
Christmas pageant—
the one who had to get married
plays virgin Mary
another Christmas . . .
my parents visit
the son in prison
Christmas morning—
bird dog in the stubblefield
chasing sparrows
Christmas morning—
we wake up holding
each other’s hand
……………………….. by Lee Gurga from Fresh Scent (1998)
Christmas Day
the exchange
of custody
week after Christmas
an empty throne
in the mall
…………………………….. John Stevenson
“Christmas Day” from Some of the Silence
starlight
on the harp strings
Christmas Eve
……………… by Peggy Lyles – from To Hear the Rain (Brooks Books, 2002)
the frozen breaths
of the carolers disappearing
among the stars
……….. by George Swede from Almost Unseen
Christmas dinner —
the handle broken off
a tradition
…………… by gary hotham – The Heron’s Nest (July 2003)
Christmas morning–
misty breath of cows
rising where they lie
stockings on the mantel . . .
the child’s eyes follow sparks
up the chimney
………… by Randy Brooks from School’s Out
christmas shopping
i work up
a s
w
e
a
t
solstice sunset
beside dad’s pink slip
her christmas list
laid off 
she asks the mall santa to
bring dad a job
laid off
she tells the mall santa
dad can make toys
two nights before…
tiger hones his claws
on the christmas tree trunk
christmas morning
dad leaves behind
a trail of smelting soot
christmas morning
the factory stack’s shadow
on fresh fallen snow
christmas morning
the old retriever gets
all the innards
christmas evening
the goose she raised
all summer
christmas eve…
we yank two ton
from the # 4 minechristmas…
there ain’t enough coal
to put in the stockings
………………. by ed markowski
single at Christmas
not enough to-do
to do
he’s furious-
that godless salesgirl said
“Happy Holidays!”
[for Steve Bainbridge]
Nana serves
Grandma’s recipes —
Christmas Eve calamari
cross words over turkey
over parenting–
the Yule log burns
a sleigh-shaped cloud
floats by –
Christmas morning blue sky
married a decade
she hides
the mistletoe
married a decade
he buys new mistletoe
for the office
setting up the creche —
the Baby’s name
uttered over and over
Boxing Day drizzle —
the inflatable snowman
keeps smilingfrontdoor
to curb —
pine needles and tinsel
…………. by dagosan/ david giacalone
p.s. See our New Year haiku & senryu collection
“Holiday Haiku from Schenectady” (December 2007) – 24 real haiku & senryu by Yu Chang, David Giacalone & Hilary Tann, from Schenectady, NY, USA – click for the free collection, which is formatted to be printed on two sides of a letter-size sheet and and made into a tri-fold brochure.
(Dec. 8, 2008): You can find the same 24 holiday haiku poems at this webpage, too.
New for Christmas 2007: We’ve created two 12-month “haiga” calendars that can be printed out as Word Documents. Haiga combine a picture with a subtly-linked haiku or senryu.
- The f/k/a Haiga Memories Calendar 2008 has haiga with b&w photos taken circa 1950 by Mama Giacalone of her three darling children.
Find it at http://tinyurl.com/2u5l6dThe Giacalone Haiga Calendar 2008.combines photos taken by my brother Arthur,
with my poems. Most have been published or are pending at various online journals.
Click the link above, or find it at http://tinyurl.com/2v5fea