Showing posts with label haiku sequence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label haiku sequence. Show all posts
Saturday, February 28, 2026

A Passage

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a pause before the doctor's reply ... my wife's hand in mine the day she's gone ... her smile in the wedding photo with brown ed...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Old and New, New ... Then Old ?

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home alone I listen to the snowlight from last year another new year I meet the stranger’s gaze in the mirror the same resolution with a dif...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Dare to Be Happy

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leaves turn through yellow, orange, red, purple ... back home again ! thanksgiving prayer with each word I get closer to my inner child a  N...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

War Is Peace

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pyramid after pyramid of rubble ... again "ceasefire" strikes fireball by fireball ... the length of a Gazan night smoky twilight ...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

The Golden Dream

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Trump Empire , Inc, L summer moonlight  lapping against the shore ... a dinghy adrift the razor wire glints with the first light of dawn  de...
Monday, June 16, 2025

The Last Year of My Father's Life

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A haiku sequence for my father who was born in mainland China, lived most of his adult life in Taiwan, died and was buried there in 2022 a s...
Sunday, April 6, 2025

Adrift

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the sound of leaves crunching under my feet ... laid off the stop, go, stop of this gig work life ... rush hour traffic last bus ride office...
Saturday, March 22, 2025

Easy as 1-2-3 When Humor Bombs

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Trump Empire, Inc. , IX written in response to Bob Newhart's claim: " Humor’s a weapon if you want to make it one " MAGA bar b...
Monday, March 3, 2025

First Day

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CLXV: "first day of Ramadan"  humming of drones ... a family's suhoor meal, finger...
Sunday, January 19, 2025

America. Is. Back

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On the Brink of Trumperica , I America. Is. Back southern magnolias filtering the day's last light  the White House in shadow the winter...
Friday, August 9, 2024

Threesome

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simmering heat  every touch of her you ask, I answer last light of day my body alone night chill deepening NeverEnding Story, August 9 2024 ...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Mother's Day As Usual

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model planes hung from a starry ceiling that quiet room this burden of the morning silence her absent son height marks on the wall day after...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Here And There, Yet...

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , LXXVIII: "bloodied baby" written in response to  Reuters, July 15:  Israel launches ne...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Aftermath

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , XI: "Holocaust" written on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in response to UN t...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Whoever kills one life kills the world entire

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , VI: "death count" written on the 100th day of the Israel Hamas War Whoever kills one l...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

One Day at a Time

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test results this carrousel of thoughts early leaffall the silence between me and the cancer doctor  hospital garden the evening breeze carr...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Life as a Chinese Temp

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restructuring... my cubicle shrinks my salary, too look of this cashier I set aside chips, eggs, milk... even the rice finding new gigs ... ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Each Day Has Enough Trouble of Its Own

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a layer of ice over yesterday's snow another rent hike among strangers hunting for bargains this loneliness ... moonlight flooding throu...
Monday, October 9, 2023

Peace, a Bloody Mirage

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from a Canadian Perspective written in response to the surprise Hamas attack and the Israelis declaration of war spilling of blood later a s...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

A Trilogy

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lovers’ trail my hands remember the curves of her womanhood windshield wipers squeak back and forth we bicker over stay or go ... night of f...