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Monday, July 13, 2026

Higher Fence Senryu

two feet higher fence
new neighbor's bulldog eyeing
my beagle below

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Thursday, May 28, 2026

Zen Workshop Senryu

Zen workshop
a young man's backpack
filled with books

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Candlelight Dinner Senryu

her answer, yes... but
at our candlelight dinner
this smell of garlic


Romanian Translation by Editor Steliana Cristina Voicu

răspunsul ei, „da... dar”
la cina la lumina lumânărilor
acest miros de usturoi

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Election Buzz Senryu

blowflies around
last night's leftovers ...
election buzz

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Echo Senryu

summer cottage
everywhere the echo 
of me

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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

"No, More Wars" Senryu

Trump Empire, Inc, LXXX

the man's meaty smile
behind his Resolute Desk
no, more wars: I ran



FYI: This could be read as a prequel to my senbun below:

Peace Is War

The butcher pushes more red meat through steel teeth. The wall-mounted TV blares “Operation Epic Fury” between discount ads. 

war after war ...
a white-haired man's gaunt face
in the window glare


And my tanka below could be read as the sequel to the haibun above:

a MAGA pin
on this old man's breast pocket ...
his patience 
stretched to the limit
by a breadline blocks ahead


FYI: University of California, Riverside/UCR study, April 17, 2023: [Cumulative] Poverty is the 4th greatest cause of U.S. deaths: Only heart disease, cancer, and smoking were associated with a greater number of deaths.


Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXXXI
written in response to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statement about Isreal's war plans

Op. Epstein Fury:
Israel yanking the leash
of the Trump bulldog


FYI: The official name is "Operation Epic Fury." L1 works both a deliberate satirical jab at the administration's past associations and a mockery of Trump's "political distraction strategy."

Al Jazeera: February 26, 2026: Epstein and the politics of distraction
Scandal individualises corruption, creating a spectacle that redirects anger away from structural power.

March 4, 2026: Analyst says interest in Epstein files plummeted after war on Iran launched

And Democracy Now, March 3 2026: Secretary of State Marco Rubio Says Israel’s War Plans Compelled U.S. to Join Assault on Iran

Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “The president made the very wise decision. We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces. And we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”


Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXXXII

No, More Wars
     dripping
     oil

reprinted in smols, March 7 2026

FYI: This is a prequel to my smols below:

White House entrance
         No Parking 



Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXXXIII

            Netanyahu

fireballs     on       Iran
                  
              Trump


Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXXXIV

   White House
oiled with blood


Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXXXV

War Is Peace Is War
a visual 3-smol sequence

             No, More Wars
                 dripping
                 oil

          Netanyahu

fireballs    on     Iran

             Trump

           White House
        oiled with blood


Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLXXXVII: "sniper's gun"

headlines on Iran --
sun glints on the sniper’s gun
aimed at a Gazan


Added:

rain to sleet to snow
at last sunlight through clouds
war in early March


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this morning sky
tinged with layers of gray ...
that's the question
to get up to work or not
as ticker headlines flash red
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Sunday, March 1, 2026

Peace Is War

The butcher pushes more red meat through steel teeth. The wall-mounted TV blares “Operation Epic Fury” between discount ads. 

war after war ...
a white-haired man's gaunt face
in the window glare

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Friday, February 27, 2026

The Gilded Drone

Trump Empire, Inc, LXXVIII
an extremely short senbun written in response to the 2026 State of the Union—the longest in history, lasting 1 hour and 48 minutes


Castro-length blah, blah, blah …

state of the union
the air grows thick as my heart
races slow



FYI: Fore more about senbun, see "To the Lighthouse: Senbun: A Satirical Haikai of Humanity"


Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXXIX

flanked by stars-and-stripes
he puffs his chest, juts his chin
of wrinkled jowls
crows to the TV cameras
we're in a golden age
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Friday, January 16, 2026

Trump Again Senryu

the clink, clink, clinking
of my neighbor's rusted gate
Trump Again tilted 

Haiku Avenue, 7, 2025
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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Office Gossip Senryu

office gossip
the chirrups
of crickets

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

MAGA Exhibit Senryu

MAGA exhibit
in the sky Border Control
formed by buzzing drones

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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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Friday, November 21, 2025

COP30 Senryu

No More Fairy Tales, XLVII

columns of smoke
YAK, YAK, YAK, blah, blah, blah
at COP30



FYI: BBC News, Nov. 21, 2025: Fire breaks out at COP30 as conference closes And The Guardian, Nov. 21 2025: Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon


Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXIII:

oak leaves drift down
through the smokestack haze ...
America first


FYI: The Washington Post, Nov. 7, 2025: U.S. skips COP30 climate conference, lobbies to sink new global deals

The Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.


“We want to bring our arguments to our opponents,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, speaking at an energy summit on Oct. 22 hosted by the America First Policy Institute, a think tank aligned with Trump. “We’re going to come back to realistic views on energy, and President Trump is just all-in on American energy dominance. That’s a win not just for America, that’s a win for the world.” 


Added: No More Fairy Tales, XLVIII

COP30:
more fossil fuels
or green energy?
a question smeared in ash
from the burned Amazon



In 2024, fires were the largest driver of forest loss in the Amazon, ravaging an area larger than California in Brazil alone...

Between January and October 2025, fires burned 7.5 million acres (3 million hectares) of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, about 39 times the land area of New York City.
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Saturday, October 11, 2025

Rush Hour Traffic Senryu

rush hour traffic ...
bumper sticker: Honk if you love peace
and quiet

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Glass Cubicle Job Senryu

this 5-9
glass cubicle job
same old me

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Friday, September 19, 2025

Trump News Senryu

Trump news on mute
evening silence grows
loud ... and louder

Kingfisher, 11, 2025
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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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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Enemy's Eyes Senryu

my enemy's eyes
stare at me in the mirror:
this gray-haired dreamer

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