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Spring Bee Haiku contest entrysun bonnets in vogue-
a bee attends
high tea

The Laughter of Ducks

fisherman and son
catching nothing but minnows
and the laughter of ducks

Autumn Eveningtwilight shadows
cloak strawbales
one by one

Tanka Sex Talk1.

night sweats-
I gave you
my fever,
you will
thank me later

2.

tongue dance-
you linger
indefinitely,
hidden
in my sex

3.

the longer
you deny me,
the better
it tastes...
got milk?

4.

make-up sex...
I can't remember
a thing,
that's how
good it was!

5.

morning haze-
how long did
we do it...
four days?
sore-for-days

HaikuWriMo 2008, July 1-31

July 31

                                           the north star
                  two cranes ascend
from a rooftop

           =

July 30

I can't wait
for your rain
to end this drought

          =

July 29

open window;
ruffled

Spring Haikuthon Mar 1-31 2008

March 31 - haiku/senryu

a brief life
serenades from the reeds-
eternal spring

March 30 - haiku/senryu

start stop start stop
two squirrels hide and seek
to the treetop

March 29 - haiku/senryu

spring fever-
I cut my jeans
very short

March 28 - haiku/senryu

I trod barefoot
on the path
to his sandals

March 27 - haiku/senryu

hands trembling
I press his note into
origami folds

March 26 - haiku/senryu

waning moon, low tide
sand shifts from my feet
to my lover's

March 25 - haiku/senryu

the scent of rain
the scent of him-
one and the same

March 24 - senryu/senryu

at the zoo
sneaking a grope
by the python cage

March 23

Confession of a misogynistI hate hotdogs with equal relish.

haikuwrimo - July 20081st July 2008

an evening
of wandering moths
and I, the moon

2nd July 2008

shadowed deer
one glance away
she is gone

3rd July 2008

new girl
in the office
oh, a ring

4th July 2008

twilight - damned electric fence

5th July 2008

sudoku evening
rain batters
against glass

6th July 2008

midnight's windchimes
dreaming of scissors

7th July 2008

pouring rain,
how many have sheltered
beneath this oak?

8th July 2008

all this rain
and still the grass
is golden

9th July 2008

eight o'clock
the maintenance crews
in convoy

10th July 2008

dropped sandwich
the five second rule
unbroken

11th July 2008

day off -
staying in b

Natasha - My Vodka VirginI dreamt a visa dream last night,
and vodka-driven, sent the cheque;
within a week I checked her out:
Natasha, my Vodka Virgin.

Her face could launch a herd of yaks
her bust could bust my spine in two
I'm relieved to still be calling her
Natasha 'my vodka virgin'.

My visa card was sorrowful,
my vodka bottles fully drained,
the pantry filled with eels bought by
Natasha, my vodka virgin.

It's eels for brekky, eels for tea
Eels served at half past three.
Fucking eels like sushi by
Natasha, my vodka virgin.

Her cooking's driven me to drink
and drain the local liquor store -
I'll always hit the floor before
Natasha, my vodka vir

Summer Haiku '09 Vol. 1first day of June -

grass in the garden suntrap

turning brown

------

the hoverfly lifts

too high

for a shadow

------

waft of heat -

the garden filled

with the butterfly's gait

------

slow summer day -

the sprinkler's arc tilts back

through itself

------

across the page

and into this

an ant

------

leaves shifting the shape of the wind

------

a blackbird becoming

its song becoming

the park

------

this once those swallows the sky

------

out of the darkness

a moth

and these words

------

in the shadows

of brain cells

consciousness

Best Of - Senryu Style1.

pet rat
fat and content
with its short life

2.

weeding-
depopulation from
strangulation

3.

dogs in the park
dressed for the runway-
weekend walkies

4.

children ride
a barn-sour horse
to nowhere

5.

highway stretches far
but not far enough-
dead skunk

6.

at the zoo
sneaking a grope
by the python cage

7.

bathroom window
moonlight
voyeur

8.

wasp nest
in my mailbox-
unpaid bills

9.

cacophony-
returning geese
catch up on gossip

10.

camp raid-
not a single egg
or raccoon left

April Tanka Series 130.

dancing
muse
I hum a love song
for her, slightly
off key

29.

a sadness
slowly drifting
from me-
sweetbay blossoms
in the mayan blue sky

28.

talking myself
into missing her-
the dead aunt
who never
spoke to me

27.

stormy noon
at her Shakespeare recital-
I follow
her voice
beyond the words

26.

World Tai Chi Day
in the city park-
everyone
racing home
after class

25.

the restless cry
of a rain crow-
against my better judgment
I tell her
what I really think

24.

spring moonrise
I shift into
the bed space
of my night-mused
lover

23.

a moth
held fast
to the mantis bosom-
his stepwife cradles
the yo

February haiku

連夜雨や布団の中の暖かさ
renya u ya futon no naka no atatakasa
raining through the night,
how warm and comfy is my bed!

暑き日の猫の枕や脱いだ靴
atuki hi no neko no makura ya nuida kutu
cat's pillow on a freaking hot day:
my shoes.

灰色の朝の寒さや猫を抱く
hai iro no asa no samusa ya neko wo daku
the chill of a grey morning
embraces a cat.

虹色の泡が現わすモニ

Autumn Senryu I1

soccer ball out of bounds
kids run
for the ice cream truck

2

in the park
dried pine needles
where grass once grew

3

pendulum-
old man's crotch
swings in his baggy trunks

4

out of business-
empty roach eggs
in dishwater scum

5

tackle box-
the ciggies Dad left
ten years ago

Autumn Tanka Series1.

far beyond me
the clicks
of a brown bat-
emailing
my distant lover

2.

before rain
he finds an empty
garage...
this wayward cat
with a missing tail

3.

the scar
Dad never mentioned
visible now
with his new
haircut

4.

alone
in this autumn field
only now
do I notice
Sagittarius

5.

autumn clearance
my sister
buys a Buddha
to match
her room

6.

tai chi practice
in the backyard
I sink
into the harmony
of roots and mud

7.

arguing zen
up the mountain-
a set
of coyote prints
going nowhere

8.

a beetle
scrambling
from the bread box-
this too
is autumn

9.

I wonder
what old man Basho
would think-
oak l

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Science Jam

by *Bogbrush, Jan 10, 2006, 4:07:57 AM
Literature / Poetry / Humor / Traditional Fixed Forms

Scientists can have bad days
Franklin's lost his spark
Fleming's caught a nasty cold
And Curie glows in the dark

Nobel caused an explosion
So Galileo's seeing stars
Pillinger's lost his beagle
Somewhere out near Mars

Now Darwin held a party
To put everyone at ease
Einstein brought a relative
Mendel just brought peas

Tesla's built a death ray
And hidden it at Brunel's station
Newton's totally failed to see
The gravity of the situation

Heisenberg was uncertain
If Schrödinger's cat's alive or dead
So he used Occam's razor
To shave its fur instead

Faraday wanted to show his friends
How to make electricity for a dime
Bell's not answering his calls
And Hawking can't make time

Science Jamby *Bogbrush

Literature / Poetry / Humor / Traditional Fixed Forms

The product of mild insomnia and boredom at work...

30/08/07 - Finally fixed the spelling of Schrödinger and Heisenberg, also changed Stephenson to Brunel as it scans better.