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Showing posts with label Failed Haiku. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Failed Haiku. Show all posts

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Unseasonal Heat Senryu

unseasonal heat
in the slanted moonlight
she unbuttons me

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Psych Ward Senryu

my shadow 
left behind the door
psych ward

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Monday, September 8, 2025

Farting Senryu

sleepless again
since surging waves of DOGE cuts
I fart so loud



FYI: DOGE stands for the Department of Government Efficiency.
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Sunday, September 7, 2025

Casket Senryu

traffic jam
face to face with the casket
on a flat-bed truck

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Friday, March 21, 2025

The Fate of a Struggling Poet

candlelight dinner
a love haiku
gifted to my blind date

these ums and ahs
she splits every bill
down to the cent

On the eve of Lottery Day, half asleep ... and yet half awake, I hear her laugh in my laughter. 

The first rays of sunlight slant through my bedroom window. It's a serious thing: just to be alive on this fresh morning in the dream-shattered world.

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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Four-Year-Old Self Kyoka

my wife repeats,
aim your pee-pee 
into the toilet ...
my son stops to smile at me
smiling at my four-year-old self

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Old Love Letters Senryu

old love letters
in her catch-all drawer
winter light

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

You're not alone

with a plan of action, you can move forward and catch a glimpse of light at the end of this tunnel of self-isolation, my friend keeps scratching his head to find some nice words that comfort me.

slanted moonlight
in bed I curl around
this emptiness

in predawn darkness
awake from a dream of death ...
heart-to-heart with myself

(FYI: Haibun Editor didn't notify me of his acceptance of my haibun; therefore I submitted it to Failed Haiku, and it was accepted and published)
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Red and Blue States Senryu

climate emergency
wildfire smoke binds together
red and blue states


Note:  Red states and blue states refer to those states of the United States whose residents predominantly vote for the Republican Party (red) or Democratic Party (blue) presidential candidates.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Patch of Moonlight Senryu

sleepless again . . .
a patch of moonlight inches
its way to my dog


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Sunday, December 8, 2024

Alone Together Senryu

a  l o n e togethermemyolddogdrunkshadow

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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Cancer Center Senryu

alone
outside the cancer center
flick of his lighter

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

To-Do List Senryu

the last item
on my wife's to-do list:
talk of divorce 

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Rent Hike Senryu

another rent hike ...
one more dip into the bank
of Mom and Dad

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Neighbor's Clothesline Kyoka

sleepless again
I look out the window
a breeze fondles
bras, panties, and lingerie
on the neighbor's clothesline

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Happy Hour Senryu

a white-haired man
stares into his reflection
the pub's Happy Hour

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Sunday, August 11, 2024

Wishing Fountain Senryu

a wishing fountain
in the hospital garden ...
few heads among tails

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Friday, May 31, 2024

Love-Hate Relationship Senryu

high school yearbook
this love-hate relationship
with my punk self

Reprint in Ardea, 9, 2024
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Thursday, May 30, 2024

Court Senryu

outside the court
my ex lights a cigarette
from mine

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Floating World Tanka

alone  
at the river's edge
this floating world
with or without
me

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