Monday, April 27, 2009

V: 023

stormy night
pink blossoms
fill the gutter

- - see Schenectady's cherry blossoms at suns along the Mohawk (2009) and f/k/a (2008); plus simply senryu --

posted by david giacalone @ 8:10 AM 3 comments

Saturday, April 25, 2009

V: 022


- click to enlarge -
spring breeze
the chimes
you left behind

- photo taken April 19, 2009, sunrise at Miner's Farm, Duanesburg, NY -

posted by david giacalone @ 2:16 PM 6 comments

Saturday, April 18, 2009

V: 021

spring breeze
the wind chimes
you left behind

- haiga version of this poem -

posted by david giacalone @ 5:41 AM 2 comments

Thursday, April 16, 2009

V: 020

. . . according to today's Grand Avenue comic strip, this is the "first Shorts Day of the year." The twins decided they needed sunglasses to face their Granny's winter-pale legs. On May 2, 2006, dagosan had a similar thought:

first day in short pants --
skinnny white legs
go window shopping

posted by david giacalone @ 2:41 PM 1 comments

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

V: 019




Spring arrives –
peeps melting
on the dashboard

- poem orig. pub. at Simply Haiku (Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 2005); haiga at MagnaPoets Japanese Form; 1953 photo by Mama G.
- dagosan is apparently still allergic to blogging and haiku-writing. So, we're dipping into our archives and otherwise resting on skimpy laurels.

posted by david giacalone @ 9:50 AM 2 comments

Saturday, April 04, 2009

V: 018

Palm Sunday rain -
fronds nailed to the door
of a boarded-up church

posted by david giacalone @ 5:53 AM 1 comments