Floating Life Haiku

this floating life ...

tea leaves at the bottom

of my chipped cup

Asahi Haikuist Network, March 6 2026

Nameless Headstone Haiku

sunlit edges

softened with moss ...

nameless headstone

O2 Haiku, March 10 2026 

Flooding Tanka

after the flooding

in this tourist town

the sound

of a whiskey bottle

tapping the dock

O2 Haiku, February 3 2026

Golfball-Brained Man and Inflation Tanka

Politics of Distraction, XIII

this golfball-brained man

behind the Resolute Desk

loves inflation ...

a MAGA sign, Donald Trump

                              $20,28 per gallon

The New Verse News, June 12 2026

FYI: The Hill, June 10, 2026: Trump embraces May price spikes amid Iran war: ‘I love the inflation"

“No, I love it. The numbers were great,” Trump said when asked if he was concerned about the latest data, which showed the consumer price index rising to 4.2 percent over the past 12 months — with an increase of 0.5 percent in May alone, according to the Labor Department.

...The CPI data also showed that energy prices spiked 3.9 percent in May after having risen 3.8 percent in April and 10.9 percent in March. 

Added: Politics of Distraction, XIV

smoky haze ...

the 40th deal to end

the war of this wor(l)d

FYI: ABC News, June 16: US-Iran agreement confirms Trump trend on the art of the deal

The agreement between the United States and Iran fits with a pattern from Donald Trump where the signing of a deal appears to be the major goal and the details often seem a distant secondary consideration. 

War of this Wor(l)d Gembun

Politics of Distraction, X

At an outdoor briefing, "military operation," "little excursion," "self-defense strikes" amid camera clicks in unseasonal heat.

smoky haze

war after war

of this wor(l)d

NeverEnding Story, June 12 2026

FYI: NBC News, June 11, 2026: Trump says U.S. will hit Iran ‘very hard’ tonight and take ‘total control’ of Iran’s oil industry.

And this gembun is a sequel to the following:

Politics of Distraction, IX:

blocking the blockade

to break the strait blockade ...

in gathering dark

a gin-soaked flight to nowhere

through the un/truth of this war

NeverEnding Story, April 18 2026

Added: Politics of Distraction, XI

the flat TV

mounted on the side wall

of a bookstore

blasting, a great deal!...

layers of dust on Trump books

Added: Politics of Distraction, XII

flip-flopping

on the ceasefire deal

amid camera clicks --

a dove's feather caught spinning

in the White House's wire fence

Added:

thunder rumbling

his talk of war turns dark

then darker still

Added:

a skinny girl

drags her Disney Princess

by its hair ...

the doll’s eyeless face turns 

to the orphanage window

Added:

lying on her back

arms and legs splayed open …

a refugee dead

then the shelter left alone

with its rows of empty beds

Sips of Tea Haiku

cherry blossoms

between sips of tea

birdsong

Sakura Haiku Challenge 2026

Sudden Burst Haiku

I live as I dream

alone, yet a sudden burst

of morning birdsong

5-7-5 Haiku Journal, February 6 2026

Fence Haiku

two-feet higher fence

new neighbour’s bulldog eyeing

my beagle below

5-7-5 Haiku Journal, February 10, 2026

Dream within a Dream haiku

on the blade of grass

drops of dew roll into one …

dream within a dream

5-7-5 Haiku Journal, February 2 2026

Family Values Banner Gembun

Trump Empire, Inc., XCIII

A Family Values banner tangled with the flagpole atop the White House roof, silhouetted against the sunset.

only two sexes ...

clouds drift through bands

of hazy gray

NeverEnding Story, June 7 2026

FYI: This could be read as a sequel to the following tanka:

On the Brink of Trumperica, IX

the White House

pronounces, only two sexes ...

trans youth trapped

between black-and-white Kansas

and rainbow-colored Oz

NeverEnding Story, January 27 2025

And the following tanka could be read as its sequel:

Trump Empire, Inc., XCIV inspired by The Guardian, May 31, 2025: Four queer business owners on Pride under Trump: ‘Our joy is resistance’

near the White House gate

a rainbow-haired teen's waist 

wrapped in a flipped flag

under the guards' dark-glassed stare

she pirouettes timelessly

Lopsided Moon Haiku

lopsided moon ...

eyes fixed on my wife

straddling me

NeverEnding Story, June 6 2026

FYI: This haiku could be read as a sequel and a prequel to the following ones respectively:

butterflies mating

my wife's hand made to fit

inside my palm

Haiku Foundation's Per Diem, March 14 2023

And 

beads of sweat

between my wife's breasts

yet this impulse ...

NeverEnding Story, January 14, 2020

Added:

slanted moonlight

slow, slow curving of her breast

into my dream

Added:

a box of letters

in dusty attic light

I recover

my young self once caught

in someone's love bonfire

Added:

a queue for gas

out of the blue call answered

by tree swallow song

FYI: A small and striking songbird, the tree swallow is renowned for its acrobatic flight and dazzling plumage. It features glossy, iridescent blue-green upperparts that gleam in the sunlight.

Added:

a white raven

back and forth, back and forth 

distant sirens

FYI: White ravens are exceptionally rare in the wild—occurring in roughly 1 in 30,000 birds. North America's two main hotspots for these sightings include:

1 Vancouver Island, British Columbia: The coastal area around Qualicum Beach and Parksville is widely considered the unofficial "White Raven Capital". 

2 Anchorage, Alaska: White ravens are occasional, viral sensations in Anchorage.

Added:

sunlit hillside

a tumbling waterfall

of scarlet

Added:

time to live 

with what remains ...

blossom rain

Green Bill Haiku

March snowstorm

the prime minister drones on

through the Green Bill

Sense & Sensibility, March 2026

First Light Haiku

first light of the year

in my dead father’s footsteps…

a dream, and alive

5-7-5 Haiku Journal, January 30 2026

Work Haiku

work, work and work

etched across my office pane ...

sunlight tinged gray

Asahi Haikuist Network, February 6 2026

False Dawn Haiku

false dawn

a Tai Chi apprentice

twisting the breeze

ESUJ-H, January, 2026

War News on Mute Haiku

war news on mute

our pot of tea steeps

dark and darker

Sense & Sensibility, January 2026

Parting Words Tanka

so much of life

grows clearer with the years —

her parting words

yet grit like sand in my mouth

whenever I repeat them

NeverEnding Story, May 31 2026

Added: 

newly divorced

I stare at a blue moon

through the skylight—

still her side of our bed

holds the hollow shape

Added:

an alley stray

howling at the blue moon

nostalgia

like a drunken shadow

that dogs my immigrant past

Added:

blue moon rippling …

on the Pacific shore

I wonder:

the life I left behind,

the life I struggle with

Added: 

words fall short 

of what the heart can tell —

yet on my tongue

that first hidden love's name

leaps into the spring air

Silhouetted Figure

At the edge of night, memories flare like lanterns drifting on a river.

hospice window

morning mist

ghosting the blossoms

Frogpond, 49:1, 2026

Years in Exile Haiku

in sky and sea

whites and blues adrift ...

years in exile

Frogpond, 49:1, 2026

Zen Workshop Senryu

Zen workshop

a young man's backpack

filled with books

tsuri-dōrō, 31, Jan/Feb. 2026