Sunday, June 21, 2009

V: 034


- photo by Arthur Giacalone -


summer solstice
the insomniac
waits for dawn

….. orig. pub. Legal Studies Forum (Vol. XXXII, No. 1. 2008)

late-comers:
fireflies join
the solstice party

. . . . . . dagosan at f/k/a, June 20, 2004

almost sunset
the weekend dad
drags a sled up the hill

. . . orig. pub. Frogpond XXIX: 2 (2006)

- find summer solstice poems here and here at f/k/a; and also go here and here for Father's Day haiku and senryu -

Monday, June 15, 2009

V: 033 - Happy Birthday to Issa

a mid-June nap
interrupted . . .
hailstones
. . . . . . . . . . dagosan
- Happy Birthday to Kobayashi Issa! (born "on the fifth day of Fifth Month, 1763: June 15 on the Western calendar"); see today's Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor -

keeping the beat
of the prayer to Buddha...
hailstones

. . .
stuck in the wrinkles
of my knees...
hailstones
. . . by Kobayashi Issa, translated by Haiku Guy David G. Lanoue

Sunday, June 14, 2009

V: 032 - looking for a shady spot


- oil painting by Kara Matthews LaFrance, Vive LaFrance Design -

old dog and master
jostling
for the tiny spot of shade

. . . . . . orig. pub. Legal Studies Forum (
2005; pages 275 - 276)

- oil paintings available from Kara Matthews LaFrance (my niece), Vive LaFrance Design -

summer solstice:
no shade on either
side of the street

…. orig. pub. Simply Haiku (vol. 6 no. 3, Fall 2008)

Friday, June 05, 2009

V: 031 roberta's rivermoon



…. poem by Roberta Beary -orig. pub. in M. H. Siddiqui’s “Season’s Greetings 2009 Letter: Stream – River”, 2008; pub. pending in ‘nothing left to say‘, King’s Road Press, Hexagram Series, Marco Fraticelli, Ed.); photo: David Giacalone
- see the story behind this haiga at suns along the mohawk -