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Happy Taco
taking my order
the grouchy Korean
Mykel Board
While the guests order,
the table cloth hides his hands —
counting the money.
Clement Hoyt
dining out—
the comedian faces
away from the crowd
Barry George
at the next table
four loud men
with identical necks
Mykel Board
the bungee jumper
eats a big breakfast
after the jump
Arizona Zipper
over bacon and eggs
discussing
stress tests
Kathleen O'Toole
with fork poised over salad
the dieting woman
eyes the dessert tray
Bob Brill
after the feast
the old woman at the washbasin
removes her teeth
Anita Virgil
pretending not to look at
the passing woman
pretending not to look
Stephen Peters
art tour
trying to see
what they're told
Bill Kenney
in oily sand
Rachel Carson
looks like this
LeRoy Gorman
crowded beach —
a tattoo'd momma in
a bikini I think
Carol Raisfeld
at the laundromat
everyone
has underwear
Mankh
looming each morning
the weight bench
with cobwebs on it
M. Franklyn Teaford
leaving for work
my husband kisses the dog
and pats me on the head
Donna Foulke
her letter . . .
between the lines
there's nothing
Bill Kenney
far apart
we ride home
from the therapist
D.L. Bachelor
recently divorced
the carpet stains
needing a scrub
Stephen Peters
in the middle
of my life
an ulcer
Tom Clausen
pregnant again
the beggar's wife
weeps at her fate
Gautam Nadkarni
the toddler
playing peek-a-boo with me
bangs her head on a shelf
Mykel Board
The gay acupuncturist —
his specialty,
menopause.
Alexis Rotella
bachelor party
"you're right, sex for money
costs so much less"
Carol Raisfeld
almost done —
an educated moan
from the hooker
Carol Raisfeld
Watching porn
with a clinical eye
the gynecologist
Jesse D. McGowan
"They're not all the same",
says the gynecologist
eating oysters.
Al Pizzarelli
prosthetic shop —
costing him an arm and a leg:
an arm and a leg.
Jesse D. McGowan
Liposuction —
now she's skinny
AND fat
Al Pizzarelli
Dr. Chin
doesn't
have one
Alexis Rotella
drilling deeper
my dentist talks me into
Amnesty International
LeRoy Gorman
foreign country —
the maid and i
keep smiling
Kala Ramesh
Wine
improving
my French.
Alexis Rotella
Still a bit tiddly
his pipe falls
into the privy.
Arizona Zipper
behind sunglasses
I doze and wake…
the friendly man talks on
Anita Virgil
caught talking
to himself
he turns it into a hum
A. Thiagarajan
changing direction
the science professor walks
around the ladder
Mykel Board
street carnival
repeating my mother's name
for the psychic
Efren Estevez
in the closed shop
the beautician reapplies
her makeup
Karen Sohne
fitting her breasts
into the pink bra
with a little wiggle
Cor van den Heuvel
estate sale
a pair of antique-lovers
test the bed springs
Ernest Berry
he bargains and
a fisherwoman settles ~
at her price
Gautam Nadkarni
fisherman's icebox...
the look on her face when she
opens the chip dip
Ed Markowski
possibly a pretty girl
but I just look at
her license plate
Carlos Colón
arguing over the ticket —
the meter maid's patience
expires
Jesse D. McGowan
he placed his drink
on the roof of his car
filled the tank and drove away
Bob Brill
Credits:
"While the guests order," from American Haiku I, copyright © 1963 by Clement Hoyt.
Note: Every effort has been made to contact the copyright holder; the editor would be pleased to hear from anyone with information
regarding the permission grantor of Clement Hoyt's poetry.
"dining out" from Paper Wasp (Spring issue) copyright © 2004 by Barry George; by permission of the author.
"the bungee jumper" from Raw Nervz vol.1 No.1 Spring, copyright © 1994 by Arizona Zipper; by permission of the author.
"after the feast" and "behind sunglasses" from A Second Flake, Montclair, copyright © 1974 by Anita Virgil; by permission of the author.
"far apart" from Voices and Echoes, Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology, copyright © 2001 by D.L. Bachelor; by permission of the author.
"in the middle" from Raw Nervz, V.I, No.3, copyright © 1994 by Tom Clausen: by permission of the author.
"The gay acupuncturist", "Dr. Chin" and "Wine" from OUCH: Senryu That Bite, Modern English Tanka Press, copyright © 2007 by Alexis Rotella;
by permission of the author.
"drilling deeper" from Frogpond, copyright © 1990 by LeRoy Gorman; by permission of the author.
"almost done" from World Haiku Review:v5n1, copyright © 2005 by Carol Raisfeld; by permission of the author.
"They're not all the same," from Long Shot, Vol.25, copyright © 2002 by Alan Pizzarelli; by permission of the author.
"Still a bit tiddly" from Frogpond Vol.XI, No.2, copyright © 1988 by Arizona Zipper; by permission of the author.
"in the closed shop" from Raw Nervz vol.1 no.2 summer, copyright © 1994 by Karen Sohne; by permission of the author.
"fitting her breasts" from Modern Haiku vol.XX, No.3, copyright © 1989 by Cor van den Heuvel; by permission of the author.
"fisherman's icebox" from Modern Haiku, copyright © 2006 by Ed Markowski; by permission of the author.
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