Holidays &
Observances
New Year's…
recycling last year's
resolutions
Tom Clausen
the VD clinic —
waiting for blood test results
I write Valentines
Mykel Board
Paddy's Parade: I
draw a shamrock in Guinness,
watch it through the glass
Kevin Doran
Mother's day
my sister brings a plant
bigger than mine
Brian Tasker
on Father's Day
his first hollyhock
...pink
Arlene Teck
memorial day
dad spit shines the shoe
for his wooden leg
Ed Markowski
Fourth of July —
he admits
he had a fling.
Alexis Rotella
Halloween —
the gothic teenager
doesn't wonder what to wear
Ted Heavens
armistice day
searching in vain
for old mates
Ernest Berry
Thanksgiving alone
a turkey pot pie
in the microwave
Chad Robinson
Thanksgiving Day
a little more stuffing
poking out of the sofa
Christopher Herold
No Christmas cards
above the fireplace
in the mailman's den
Garry Gay
Santa's lap everyone else's kids then me
Chad Robinson
ah! a white christmas
all over
the tv screen
Anita Virgil
not even drunk on new year's
regretting this too
Karen Sohne
Credits:
"New Year's…" from Haiku Headlines #118, copyright © 1998 by Tom Clausen; by permission of the author.
"the VD clinic" from Pink Bulldozer, Spring Street Haiku group, NYC, copyright © 1999 by Mykel Board: by permission of the author.
"Mother's day" from Haiku Calendar 2001, Snapshots Press, copyright © 2001 by Brian Tasker; by permission of the author.
"Fourth of July" from Looking for a Prince, White Peony Press, copyright © 1991 by Alexis Rotella; by permission of the author.
"armistice day" from Forgotten War, by Ernest Berry with Jerry Kilbride, Post pressed flaxton, copyright © 2000 by Ernest J Berry; by permission of the author.
"No Christmas cards" from Fig Newtons -- Senryu to Go, Michael Dylan Welch, Editor, Press Here. copyright © 1993 by Garry Gay; by permission of the author.
"not even drunk on new years" from Haiku World, an International Poetry Almanac, William J. Higginson, 1996, Kodansha, copyright © 1996 by Karen Sohne; by permission of the author.
Pictures of Life
"Let's take our picture!"
she says every time,
the one who's photogenic.
Anita Virgil
by the boiling lake
the tourist snaps a picture
of his wife
Mykel Board
from her trip home
so many photographs
of graveyards
Karen Sohne
childhood home
someone else's mother
on the mantelpiece
Ernest Berry
fingers poke through a fence
a face seeks mom near tears
kindergarten begins
Ross J. Peterson
tightrope walker
even her smile
balanced
Steve Dolphy
allthecoversonyoursideof the bed
Carlos Colón
morning ferry
the wild-haired woman
ssstifles a yawnnn
Carol Raisfeld
Sunday school —
!*U*! doodling
in the margins
Carol Raisfeld
ab workout --
the word flat
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Carol Raisfeld
her choice
sex or church
bells bells bells
balls
!
LeRoy Gorman
Alan Pizzarelli
Credits:
"Let's take our picture!" from One Potato Two Potato etc, Peaks Press, copyright © 1991 by Anita Virgil; by permission of the author.
"childhood home" from "3rd in tallahassee contest 1999", copyright © 1999 by Ernest Berry; by permission of the author.
"tightrope walker" from Snapshots #6, 1999. "lunchtime news" from Raw Nervz #VI:I, copyright © 1999 by Steve Dolphy; by permission of the author.
"allthecoversonyoursideof" from Sassy (Tragg Publishing) by Alexis Rotella and Carlos Colón, copyright 1998 by Carlos Colón; by permission of the author.
"barrel of fun", from Amusement Park, Islet books, copyright ©1990 by Alan Pizzarelli; by permission of the author.
Senryu on a Pun
country marriage . . .
the mourning after
the knot before
Michael McClintock
a cow
jumps over the fence
utter destruction
Alan Pizzarelli
european vacation —
returning home tired
and baroque
Carol Raisfeld
California friends —
here today
gone today.
Alexis Rotella
Muscle beach:
showing off their six packs —
I drink mine
Jesse McGowen
Grand Central restroom
men leaving
in a steady stream
Mykel Board
Post Office line:
everyone itching
to go postal.
Judy Kamilhor
reminder note —
to drop her pants
at the cleaners
Carol Raisfeld
seeing her first strands
of gray hair,
the actress thought she'd dye
Michael McClintock
turning around
the stripper reveals
her best asset
Lou Punster
the short fortune-teller
escapes! —
small medium at large
Michael McClintock
magicians' parking lot
**no trespassing!**
violators will be toad
Carol Raisfeld
used to work
in a blanket factory
but it folded
Michael McClintock
reading by the fire
he dozes
... and sleeps like a log
Carol Raisfeld
sleeping all night
on corduroy pillows
morning headlines
Michael McClintock
writer's block
the silence
between cellmates
Chad Robinson
the electrician
as usual, talking about
current events
Carol Raisfeld
at the acupuncturist
--- a jab
well-done
Michael McClintock
early morning
heard across the pond,
"SHUT the DUCK up!"
Carol Raisfeld
Credits:
"a cow" from Senryu Magazine, River Willow Publishers, copyright © 2001 by Alan Pizzarelli.
"California friends", from Modern Haiku 30, no.2, copyright © 1999 by Alexis Rotella; by permission of the author.
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