Tuesday, February 28, 2006

II: 059

blizzard
of weather cliches
March arrives

Monday, February 27, 2006

II: 058

your choice:
hypothermia
or hat head

Sunday, February 26, 2006

II: 057

snow squall --
squinting at headlights
through dad's eyes


*At f/k/a, I had an 87th birthday
tribute
to my Dad today.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

II: 056

low gray sky --
an afghan warming
on the radiator

Friday, February 24, 2006

II: 055

plowed parking lot -
the cart glides effortlessly
into my car door

Thursday, February 23, 2006

II: 054

no signs of spring -
fragrance-free exhaust
from the dryer vent

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

II: 053

almost March --
ice-fishing shacks
new in their crates

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

II: 052

moonless alley -
the mugger falls
on black ice

Monday, February 20, 2006

II: 051

river ice thawing --
ducks and gulls
mix amiably

Sunday, February 19, 2006

II: 050

the pond ices over -
impressionist to
cubist overnight

Saturday, February 18, 2006

II: 049

blustery winter day
she thinks my tears
are for her

Friday, February 17, 2006

II: 048

just the mallards
and me out here --
February thunderstorm

Thursday, February 16, 2006

II: 047

record high today --
do the ducks know
winter's back tomorrow?

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

II: 046

path to the river
everything's changed
but the cattails

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

II: 045

waking to your breath
on my ear --
valentine sunrise

Monday, February 13, 2006

II: 044

only buds
on the wisteria
she says "no"

Coming in April:
Wisteria: A Journal of Haiku, Senryu, & Tanka

Sunday, February 12, 2006

II: 043

not quite full -
moon shadows on
the dessert cart

Saturday, February 11, 2006

II: 042

treeful
of silent crows --
gulls gather on the ice

Friday, February 10, 2006

II: 041

hazy full moon --
checking to see
my glasses are on

Thursday, February 09, 2006

II: 040

the tiny island's
new skirt of ice
she shivers in slacks

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

II: 039

our long
bathtub soak --
almost a full moon



Inspired by Georges Perec's 2005 novel A Void, I've asked haijin to submit, to my weblog f/k/a, haiku that do not contain the letter "e." Perec did it for 300 pages, in his much-praised novel. See sought: haiku-sans-e .

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

II: 038

"a snowman
with a lap!"
don't tell nanna it's buddha

Monday, February 06, 2006

II: 037

twelve miles out of town -
more stars
than I've seen in months

Sunday, February 05, 2006

II: 036

bedroom radiator --
imitating
last summer's cricket

Saturday, February 04, 2006

II: 035

reprise:

too cold for fireflies --
campfire sparks
float over the rocks

Friday, February 03, 2006

II: 034

one pink cirrus cloud
she asks
why I'm smiling

Thursday, February 02, 2006

II: 033

the Snowplow God's
ugly gray mountain -
what's its half-life?

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

II: 032

February's warm start --
slipping on mud
and ice