Men & Women
selling candy
on the street corner
a toothless man Robert Wilson at the stop light
the bald guy
combs his beard Anita Virgil
androgynous stranger
winks at me Karen Sohne
morning mammo --
her teeth unclench
by noon Carol Raisfeld
after the mammogram
he asks me where
it hurts Karen Sohne
PMS
I eat the roses
I brought her Al Pizzarelli
She tells the senile man
"It's Sunday--the day I don't cook,"
on Saturday. Anita Virgil
sin after sin
the old priest
stifles a yawn Ed Markowski
house of mourning –
downstairs women whisper
over tea cups Patricia Neubauer
Weight lifter
slowly lifting
the tea cup Garry Gay
Sports bar -
the soft spoken man
orders pink lemonade. Alexis Rotella
avon lady
after work
her old face Ernest Berry
women's shelter--
her daughter's doll sleeps
with one eye open Chad Robinson
the transvestite
hesitates for a second
at the airport restrooms Jörgen Johansson
evening train
the woman chats
to a man asleep Carol Raisfeld
Credits: "androgynous stranger" from Haiku World, an International
Poetry Almanac, William J. Higginson, 1996, Kodansha, copyright ©1996
by Karen Sohne; by permission of the author. "after the mammogram",
from for, with & to ,
a red iron sheet, with Marshall Hryciuk, copyright 2003 by Karen
Sohne; by permission of the author. "sin after sin" snapshots july 2004, copyright © 2004
by Ed Markowski: by permission of the author. "house of mourning" from Modern Haiku XX1V-1,
Copyright © 1993 by Patricia Neubauer; by permission of the author. "The
weight lifter" from Fig Newtons,
Press Here, copyight © 1993 by Garry Gay; by permission of
the author.
"evening train" from Autumn Leaves, v7n5, copyright © 2003 by Carol Raisfeld: by permission of the author
SEX
nude beach
the jet ski instructress
tells me
to "concentrate" Ed Markowski
emerging naked
from the pool
only a bird whistles Elizabeth St Jacques
At the brassier factory,
the busty receptionist
says "Can we help you?" Al Pizzarelli
One button undone
in the clerk’s blouse – I let her
steal my change George Swede
the argument -
he admits he's wrong
to her perfect breasts Carol Raisfeld
unhooking her bra
he scratches her back
wistfully Steve Addiss
between snores
and a tick of the clock
an erection Carol Raisfeld
A sudden stiffness
awakens me,
her mischievous grin. William Scott Galasso
steamy sex
in the church parking lot --
amazing Grace Carol Raisfeld
hiccups...
the peeping Tom
reveals himself Jörgen
Johansson trimming my nose hair
before my first visit
to the brothel Mykel Board
young girls
along main street
testing new tits Art Stein
if my penis could talk
oh, the stories it would tell –
mostly short stories Greg Braquet
in the opposite seat
she crosses her legs
I miss my stop Cor van den Heuvel
the last dance --
her cheap perfume
don't matter Carol Raisfeld
Credits: "emerging naked" from The Senryu Series No.VII, Haiku
Canada Newsletter, Vol.V No.3, copyright © 1990 by Elizabeth
St Jacques: by permission of the author. "At the brassier factory",
first appeared in Modern
Haiku, copyright © 2004 by Alan Pizzarelli: by permission
of myself. "One button undone" from Wingbeats, Juniper
Press, copyright © 1979 by George Swede: by permission of the
author. "young girls" from Raw Nervz,
VI-1, copyright © 1999
by Art Stein; by permission of the author.
"in the opposite seat" from Erotic Haiku,
Edited by Hiroaki Sato, IBC, Yohan, Japan. copyright © 2004 by
Cor van den Heuvel: by permission of the author.
PARODIES
An old pond: a frog
jumps in – the
sound of water Matsuo Basho
An old frog: in my
palm – the feel
of water
Jaxon Teck
~~
Lily:
out of the water…
out of itself
Nicholas Virgilio
Lily:
out of the water…
out of her suit Alan Pizzarelli
~~
walking the snow-crust
not sinking
sinking Anita Virgil
shaping the snot
not sticky
sticky Shokan Tadashi Kondo
~~
The servant who oversleeps
Puts on the firewood
Wildly.
Anonymous
The lover who oversleeps
Puts on his clothes
Wildly Anita Virgil
~~
rain
erasing
the clown’s face Raymond Roseliep
tears
erasing
tammy faye’s face Anita Virgil
~~
while we wait
to do it again,
the rains of spring Michael McClintock
while we wait
to do it again,
a fly on a fly Carol Raisfeld
~~
a stick goes over the falls at sunset Cor van den Heuvel
a stool pigeon goes over the falls at sunset Nicky "Shoes" Gambini
Credits: "An old pond",
translated by Hiroaki Sato, from From the Country of Eight Islands,
Translated and edited by Hioaki Sato and Burton Watson, Columbia
University
Press, New York, copyright © 1981 by Hiroaki Sato and Burton
Watson; by permission of Hiroaki Sato. "An old frog" from
The Senryu Series, HC Newsletter
1990, edited by Alan Pizzarelli; copyright © 1990 by Jaxon Teck:
by permission of the author. "Lily" from American Haiku Vol.I, No.1,
copyright © 1963
by Nicholas Virgilio: by permission of Anthony Virgilio. "Lily" from Senryu Magazine -- out to lunch,
River Willow Publications, copyright © 2001 by Alan Pizzarelli. "walking the snow-crust" from A 2nd Flake,
Montclair Press, copyright © 1974 by Anita Virgil; by permission
of the author. "shaping the snot" from
the W.B.A.I. Broadcast "In
the Spirit" (4-4-76), copyright © 1976, by Shokan
Tadashi Kondo; by permission of the author. "The servant who oversleeps" from
R. H. Blyth, Japanese
Life and Character in Senryu, (Japan, Hokuseido Press,
1960.) "The lover who oversleeps" from
the Senryu Series,
edited by Alan Pizzarelli, Haiku Canada Newsletter, copyright © 1990
by Anita Virgil: by permission of the author. "rain" from Sailing Bones: Haiku, Ruffsdale,
PA: The Rook Press, copyright © 1978 by Raymond Roseliep,
copyright renewed 1983 by Daniel J. Rogers; by permission of
The Rev. Daniel J. Rogers. "tears" from
the Senryu Series, edited by Alan
Pizzarelli, HC Newsletter, copyright © 1990 by Anita Virgil:
by permission of the author. "while we wait" from Maya; Poems 1968-1975,
SOP, Los Angeles, copyright 1975 by Michael McClintock: by permission
of the author. "while we wait" by
Carol Raisfeld appears here for the first time. "a stick" from dark,
Chant Press, copyright © 1982
by Cor van den Heuvel; by permission of the author. "a stool pigeon" from The
Don Don’t Wear Bermuda
Shorts , Balle Press, 2005, no copyright necessary: by
order of the author.
Copyright
2005: Simply Haiku
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