dagosan's haiku diary

Saturday, February 09, 2013

Happy Year of the Snake

Year of the Snake

she tempts me

with more apple pie

- photos taken by David Giacalone; Jumpin' Jack's fireworks, Scotia NY 2009 -

This haiga is part of a trio for Chinese New Year inspired by my fantasy girlfriend. See the entire haiga trilogy at my weblog simply senryu. Happy New Year to all my haiku and haiga friends.

Friday, December 21, 2012

happy post-Mayan solstice

What a relief. Another 5125 year cycle to worry about.
May the sun shine on you throughout the new year.

- photo taken about noon on 12-12-12, Schenectady NY Stockade -

winter solstice

we huddle under

the midday sun

Friday, December 23, 2011

still standing - Christmas 2011

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.
leaning into the wind
holiday smiles
bright as ever

- photo taken Dec. 1, 2011, Schenectady NY Stockade Historic District, Lawrence Circle -

Thursday, September 22, 2011

VII: 005

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morning fog
the old dog finds
our way home

- photo: foggy morning along the Mohawk River, Riverside Park, Schenectady, NY (29Sep2011) -

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

VII: 004

summer solstice!
my haiku muse
calls in sick

- originally posted June 21, 2006, and truer than ever -

-- photo: Riverside Park along the Mohawk River, Schenectady NY, by d.a. giacalone

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

VII: 003

birdseed
on melting snow
a black cat waits for breakfast

- Good Cause: send a breakfast picture to http://shareyourbreakfast.com/ and Kellogg's will give a breakfast to a kid who needs it.

Monday, February 14, 2011

VII: 002

Valentine's Day

after the thaw
thin ice

- nonetheless, a romantic pair of flamingos visit the Schenectady Stockade -

frost on
the flamingo’s beak -
Valentine breakfast alone

reprise:

Thursday, February 03, 2011

VII: 001 year of the rabbit

New Year snow
the hill much steeper
climbing back up
.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

VI: 019

blust'ry Boxing Day
an inflatable Santa
bends with the wind

Friday, December 03, 2010

VI: 018

morning shadows -
the gunslingers wait
for high noon

Arthur Giacalone: photo
David Giacalone: haiku
- first published in b&w at HaigaOnline 7-2 (Autumn-Winter 2006)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

VI: 017

long vigil –
a yellow daylily
starts to open

. . . in mem. Peggy Lyles (1939-2010). See the Haiku Foundation tribute Peggy Willis Lyles at their weblog Troutswirl (September 6, 2010)

. . . see our memorial tribute “let us celebrate Peggy Lyles” (Oct. 9, 2010)

Friday, August 27, 2010

VI: 16

August breeze
chimes and crickets
lull her to sleep

. . . for Loraine . .

Thursday, August 12, 2010

VI: 15

lull in the parade
small hands reach
for the same balloon

- orig. version of poem pub. 45th WHA Haiga Contest (May 2007) (May 2007); photo by Arthur Giacalone
- above poem and haiga are the revised, non-tell-em versions (thanks to Aurora Antonovic), originally at MagnaPoets Japanese Form (June 1, 2007) in a b&w version

Sunday, July 04, 2010

VI: 014

Fourth of July
the parade starts
at the shopping mall

http://giacalonephotos.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/jjfw10-water4.jpg

- photo by David Giacalone (July 2, 2010) along the Mohawk River, Schenectady NY -

- find fireworks (and watermelon) haiku and senryu by the f/k/a family of poets here; and photos of the annual Jumpin' Jack's fireworks display in Scotia, NY, taken from my backyard along the Mohawk River, there, for 2009, and there for 2010, at my photoblog -