THINGS
since the fire
so many things
I can do without
Karen Sohne
no one in sight
the rich man picks up
the shiny penny
Bob Brill
suspecting
it's dogshit…
it's dogshit
Barry George
sign outside
the telemarketing factory:
No Soliciting!
Don Miller
"I'm serious!"
he shouts
wearing a pinwheel hat
Alan Pizzarelli
grasping the "wet paint" sign
the dyslectic
Jörgen Johansson
trying on a suit
before a mirror
he stops to squeeze a zit
Bob Brill
the executive
in a new dark suit
cursing the pigeon
Elizabeth St Jacques
small town festival:
the quilting champion wins
an electric blanket
Mike Dillon
tunnel of love
she props the stuffed frog
between us
Ed Markowski
On the clown's dresser
a red nose
and a picture of Edith
Arizona Zipper
after pronouncing
the prune pie "delicious"
he shits his pants
Ted Heavens
the fruit pickers
seem glum about it —
a record crop
Michael McClintock
after
his first haircut
a cowlick
Randy Brooks
boys giggle and point —
on a clothesline
wind-blown women's underwear
Bob Brill
in her dressing room
the stripper powders her breasts
and whispers something to them
Cor van den Heuvel
on the showgirl's lap
the ventriloquist's dummy
gets a woody
Diana Pandolfo
the all-night café —
a teenager sits alone
smelling his fingers
Mykel Board
first meditation class —
he begins by contemplating
the blonde's navel
Ray Rasmussen
her tattoo —
wondering about the part
that doesn't show
Efren Estevez
even with "Juicy"
written across her ass
she scowls at my glance
Shane Bartlett
"You seem like a nice guy,"
she says —
I brace myself for the "but"
Jesse McGowen
Dripping
all night:
the faucet I fixed
Garry Gay
in the shower
an economy-size bar of soap
lands on my toe
Tom Clausen
my mind takes a leap
off the baseboard
in the bathroom
Cor van den Heuvel
old water fountain
hitting me in the eye
again
Barry George
cool forest lake
as I slip off my shorts the snort
of a bull moose
George Swede
scrambling to follow
our sticks in the stream,
one of us joins them
M. Franklyn Teaford
full elevator
silently someone breaking wind
the door closes
Carlos Colón
at the cat show
the rock star's girlfriend
in her leopard coat
Patricia Neubauer
lifted out of his shoes
he praises
the bully's nose ring
Jörgen Johansson
Methodical husband:
On his list of chores, she finds
her name.
Anita Krumins
she always reads the film critics
to find out
what she thinks
Anita Virgil
a fat woman
sinks and sinks
into the plush sofa
Kala Ramesh
spin the bottle —
every turn
i get myself
Stanford M. Forrester
paging through the anthology
that doesn't include
me
Karen Sohne
wringing out the dishrag
again i ask
where he's been
Brynne McAdoo
He said he spent
the night alone —
hairpin on the floor.
Alexis Rotella
divorce proceedings —
things hers, not his
his, not hers
Ray Rasmussen
they take the beach chair
up and with everything in it
go
Martin Shea
Credits:
"since the fire" from Basho Memorial Museum, 58th Basho Festival Haiku Anthology, copyright © 2004 by Karen Sohne: by permission of the author.
"I'm serious!" from Senryu Magazine, River Willow Publications, copyright © 2001 by Alan Pizzarelli; by permission of the author.
"the executive" from The Senryu Series, edited by Alan Pizzarelli, Haiku Canada Newsletter, copyright (c) 1990 by Elizabeth St Jacques; by permission of the author.
"On the clown's dresser" from Frogpond, Vol. XIII, No. 3, copyright © 1990 by Arizona Zipper; by permission of the author.
"after" from Brussels Sprout 4.1, copyright © 1985 by Randy Brooks: by permission of the author.
"in her dressing room" from One Hundred Frogs: from Renga to Haiku to English by Hiroaki Sato, Weatherhill, copyright © 1983 by Cor van den Heuvel; by permission of the author.
"Dripping" from Fig Newtons, Senryu to Go, edited by Michael Dylan Welch, Press Here, copyright © 1993 by Garry Gay: by permission of the author.
"in the shower" from Woodnotes # 23, copyright © 1994 by Tom Clausen: by permission of the author.
"my mind takes a leap" from The Haiku Anthology, 2nd edition, edited by Cor van den Heuvel, Fireside/Simon & Schuster, Inc., NY, copyright © 1986 by Cor van den Heuvel: by permission of the author.
"cool forest lake" first appeared in Gusto, copyright (c) 1979 by George Swede; by permission of the author.
"full elevator" from Raw Nervz Vol 1, No. 1. copyright © 1994 by Carlos Colón: by permission of the author.
"Methodical husband" from This Day's New Face, Haiku Canada Sheet, copyright ©1993 by Anita Krumins; by permission of the author.
"spin the bottle" from Raw Nervz Vol. III:4, copyright © 2003 by Stanford M. Forrester : by permission of the author.
"paging through the anthology" from for, with & to, a red iron sheet, with Marshall Hryciuk, copyright © 2003 by Karen Sohne; by permission of the author.
"He said he spent" from Looking for a Prince, White Peony Press, copyright © 1991 by Alexis Rotella; by permission of the author.
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