tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32287482011-06-06T15:38:41.429-07:00my haikuSuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-96926852002-02-13T12:49:00.000-08:002002-02-13T12:49:44.813-08:00<i><b>NEIGHBORHOOD HAWK</b></i> <br /> <br />January warm ~ <br />kite string, mudprints, and earthworms <br />frozen to sidewalk <br /> <br /> <br />three fat winter rain <br />drops-ops-ops fall from black branch ~ <br />sidewalk eucharist <br /> <br /> <br />cold sky, mouse in hedge, <br />small hawk sits still in bare tree ~ <br />we hurry on by <br /> <br /> <br />dog's howl chases train <br />whistle out kitchen window <br />and up street ~ again <br /> <br /> <br />small hawk in bare tree <br />waits for us to pass ~ if not <br />that mouse, the next one <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-9692685?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-91643952002-01-29T09:59:00.000-08:002002-01-29T09:59:27.400-08:00<i><b>THREE MOONS, ONE DEAD FISH ~ 4 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />moonlight falling through <br />old glass silvers our bed ~ one <br />hesitates to breath <br /> <br /> <br />moon's hand-me-down light <br />falls in tatters and in swirls <br />upon bare floorboards <br /> <br /> <br />moonlight flows and swirls <br />across patched and painted wall ~ <br />time, trapped in old glass <br /> <br /> <br />vegetarian <br />neighborhood ~ dead fish under <br />oak tree, four days now <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-9164395?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-89350932002-01-22T08:21:00.000-08:002002-01-22T08:21:13.146-08:00<i><b>WELL-DISGUISED BUDDHAS ~ 4 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />Bald Fat slumps, dozing, <br />on rain-wet steps til van comes ~ <br />birds swoop morning bugs <br /> <br /> <br />Z. sits ~ full lotus, <br />slow breath, gaze inward, lips drawn ~ <br />fomenting discord <br /> <br /> <br />my grumbly belly <br />passes the whisper along ~ <br />after zazen, tea <br /> <br /> <br />Trash Day Eve ~ We place <br />bags tagged just so in hopes that, <br />come morning, they're gone. <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-8935093?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-87130852002-01-15T06:47:00.000-08:002002-01-17T02:36:30.000-08:00<i><b>THAT WINTER ~ 4 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />fog wafting on snow ~ <br />cold shadows rise into air <br />to breathe once and whirl <br /> <br />--Also published in: Haiku Harvest, Spring 02 issue. http://www.denisgarrison.com/haiku/ <br /> <br /> <br />Cold like a creature <br />swallows, digesting slowly ~ <br />White, pure sun watches <br /> <br /> <br />frozen in full sun <br />winter's white light in ice eyes ~ <br />late bus that winter <br /> <br />winter's weightless sun <br />drained of heat, breath without life <br />"is" minus "to be" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><i><b>ED-KU ~ 2 lo-ku</b></i> <br /> <br />untruce truce untruce <br />israel-palestine ump <br />killed by bomb, rules lost <br /> <br /> <br />Chinese firecrackers! <br />New! Totally Nuclear! <br />(For pol. use only) <br /> <br /> -- I wrote these two for John Cho's very fun EDITORIAL HAIKU site: http://pemtropics.mit.edu/~jcho/editorial/ehp.html <br /> <br /> <br /><i><b>SPAM-KU ~ 2 lo-ku</b></i> <br /> <br />Tofu World collides <br />with SPAMalaxy; explodes: <br />Gamma rays observed. <br /> <br /> <br />Vegan's secret whim <br />results in SPAMtaneous <br />human combustion. <br /> <br /> John Cho also has a site with THOUSANDS of haiku about SPAM: http://pemtropics.mit.edu/~jcho/spam/ <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-8713085?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-85625172002-01-10T03:04:00.000-08:002002-01-17T02:40:54.000-08:00<i><b>BLACK ICE ~ 3 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />air so jammed with snow <br />no space for sound to move ~ no <br />cry of boy nor geese <br /> <br /> <br />morning fresh black ice ~ <br />keen still beauty whetted by <br />chance of cracking bones <br /> <br /> <br />icy brick walk, night ~ <br />hope to avoid shattering <br />exquisite stillness <br /> <br />--Also published in: Haiku Harvest, Spring 02 issue. http://www.denisgarrison.com/haiku/ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><i><b>NEIGHBORHOOD ~ 4 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />Abbey bells ring each <br />quarter hour ~ Old Crank checks his <br />vest watch, frowns at sky. <br /> <br /> <br />snowflake fluttering <br />in spider web as grey clouds <br />lumber across Sun <br /> <br />--Also published in: Haiku Harvest, Spring 02 http://www.denisgarrison.com/haiku/ <br /> <br /> <br />bike lock coiled on post <br />rusts, icy ~ maybe crow will <br />topple it, steal key <br /> <br /> <br />baby hummingbird <br />resides in lover's red beard <br />happy solution <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-8562517?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-83073952001-12-31T16:16:00.000-08:002002-01-01T17:08:02.000-08:00<i><b>ASPHALT ~ 3 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />too cold to snow or <br />breathe ~ one ice patch, one footprint <br />frozen into it <br /> <br /> <br />hunched in dumpster tree <br />fluffed puffed up fat, hawk's got his <br />winter thermals on <br /> <br /> <br />even garbage truck <br />is hushed and sweet arriving ~ <br />morning of first snow <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-8307395?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-83072062001-12-31T16:06:00.000-08:002002-01-17T02:42:18.000-08:00<i><b>MOVING TO 623 S. WASHINGTON ~ 3 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />empty house ~ no pulse <br />dust hanging, no gravity ~ <br />waits to breathe our breath <br /> <br /> <br />lover's already <br />up cracking eggs, striking match <br />rekindling the sun <br /> <br /> <br />birdsong in fragile <br />hush of winter morning, dark ~ <br />glass beads on the snow <br /> <br />Also published in: Haiku Harvest, Spring 02 http://www.denisgarrison.com/haiku/ <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-8307206?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-81215062001-12-22T03:19:00.000-08:002001-12-22T03:24:41.000-08:00 <br /><i><b>WINTER BUTTERFLY ~ 2 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />train yard's crisp brown weeds <br />wary boy walks white-knuckled <br />trailed by butterfly <br /> <br /> <br />yellow butterfly <br />~escaped from train man's daydream~ <br />flits on frosty rail <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-8121506?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-81214852001-12-22T03:16:00.000-08:002001-12-22T03:16:10.080-08:00 <br /><i><b>ZZN ~ 2 haiku</b></i> (zazen: seated, themeless meditation) <br /> <br />breathing dim world in <br />dissolving into stillness <br />except foot, which sleeps <br /> <br /> <br />breathing sweet smoke in <br />breathing ash self out in out <br />pyramid of bones <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-8121485?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-79256902001-12-14T06:38:00.000-08:002002-02-05T06:29:01.000-08:00<i><b>T-T-TUU ~ 4 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />spring water burble <br />in stone cold sky ~ five hundred <br />sandhill cranes coming <br /> <br />--Also published in: http://www.tinywords.com/ Feb.2, '02 <br /> <br /> <br />just west of graveyard, <br />donut holes 10 cents ~ above, <br />sandhill cranes, hundreds <br /> <br /> <br />thick mist sip sip sips <br />into unknown's rotting grave <br />living earth ~ sweet worms <br /> <br /> <br />bright t-t-tuu burst <br />then silence still, darkness still <br />december birdsong <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><i><b>XXX XMAS ~ 3 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />xmas lights pinball <br />insert $ per second of <br />perfect holiday <br /> <br /> <br />Square's xmas twinkle <br />Mars Bar sign red blue red blue <br />two plugs, same outlet <br /> <br /> <br />xmas lights glitter <br />in child eyes ~ in adult heart, <br />longing for darkness <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7925690?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-77301862001-12-07T08:51:00.000-08:002001-12-07T08:51:20.913-08:00 <br /><i><b>ZN ~ 4 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />outside zendo door <br />rain . . . war in rusty newsbox <br />inhale . . . box . . . rain . . . crow <br /> <br /> <br />stone tower, rusty <br />autumn dawn ~ old clock ticks . . . this <br />moment . . . this moment <br /> <br /> <br />teardrops in zendo <br />one perfect salt world rises <br />falls ~ then another <br /> <br /> <br />teardrop in zendo <br />smoky with incense, curdled <br />must change recipe <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7730186?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-77296352001-12-07T08:30:00.000-08:002001-12-07T08:30:09.223-08:00 <br /><i><b>DESK CLERK KU ~ 3 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />sunlight coming through <br />wavy old glass flows ~ space, time ~ <br />on floor, face of guest <br /> <br /> <br />fall sun filtered through <br />windy branches, warped old glass <br />streaming pure shadow <br /> <br /> <br />reflection on screen <br />ghost of yesterday's sky haunts <br />revenue/admin <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7729635?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-77144492001-12-06T18:41:00.000-08:002001-12-06T18:41:25.540-08:00 <br /><i><b>SWEET ROLL CRUMBS ~ 5 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />late november sun <br />strikes eye of cafe sparrow <br />begging sweet roll crumbs <br /> <br /> <br />red shoes in blue sky <br />hung on power line ~ funny! <br />leastwise, crow thinks so <br /> <br /> <br />students at bus stop <br />peering into dusk ~ faces <br />aglow with old light <br /> <br /> <br />november ~ walking <br />in noon sun ~ long evening <br />shadows lead the way <br /> <br /> <br />table sparrow's eye <br />glints with late november sun <br />close of perfect day <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7714449?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-77140602001-12-06T18:28:00.000-08:002001-12-06T18:31:05.000-08:00 <br /><i><b>LOST CRANE ~ 5 haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />autumn morning sky <br />bruised by strikes from rusty sword <br />of old clock tower <br /> <br /> <br />between my window <br />and clear sight of courthouse clock <br />seven golden leaves <br /> <br /> <br />old stone clock tower <br />in autumn dawn ~ tween bong and <br />gong, crow rattles wings <br /> <br /> <br />strangers (once-friends) nod <br />leaves rattle in empty street <br />crane, lost, flies through moon <br /> <br /> <br />three pumpkins on porch <br />eyes glinty, breath slimey, heads <br />empty ~ gossiping <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7714060?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-77135012001-12-06T18:07:00.000-08:002001-12-06T18:17:27.000-08:00<i><b>17 SYLLABLES ~ 4 lowku</b></i> <br /> <br />haiku chemistry <br />seventeen syllables swell <br />in brain to book length <br /> <br /> <br />post-up infant wired <br />to heartbeat, air tube--wide sheet, <br />palm-size boy . . . Touch him! <br /> <br /> <br />"Park closes at dusk" <br />Middle-age lovers break law, <br />ride ducks after dark <br /> <br /> <br />three-leaf itch red-vein <br />itchy inside-out itch itch <br />devil-sap itchy <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7713501?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-76810352001-12-05T17:21:00.000-08:002001-12-06T17:59:16.000-08:00 <br /><i><b>BLUE SKY MOON ~ 3 haiku </b></i> <br /> <br />blue blue blue blue sky <br />waiting for crow to pass through <br />to restart space/time <br /> <br /> <br />sliver moon in blue sky <br />crow doesn't get stuck on it <br />the way soft mind does <br /> <br /> <br />childishly blue sky <br />hung with just one sliver moon <br />where's crow when needed? <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7681035?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-76808882001-12-05T17:15:00.000-08:002001-12-05T17:26:32.000-08:00<i><b>NEIGHBORHOOD SING TING ~ four haiku</b></i> <br /> <br />coyote pauses <br />at 6th and Grant ~ caution light <br />blinking, heavy dawn <br /> <br /> <br />nearly dawn sky ~ hawk <br />snatches mouse from gutter "eee!" <br />into (now) dawn sky <br /> <br /> <br />small man high in gray <br />autumn sky ~ snipping dead wires <br />free from pole, which sways <br /> <br /> <br />unexpected sun <br />strikes cold november wind chimes <br />neighborhoods sing ting <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><i><b>SKY KU ~ astro-haiku</b></i> <br /> <br /><b>Sol</b>, every day, <br />spins the whole shebang alive <br />no reason given <br /> <br /> <br />Ivory <b>Saturn</b> <br />floating in perfect darkness <br />stillness in the lens <br /> <br /> <br />shadow of <b>Io</b> <br />crossing Jupiter's white face <br />far blue eye watching <br /> <br /> <br />Black <b>Draco</b> slithers <br />nearer, snake eyes glowering <br />"Stars! It's only stars!" <br /> <br /> <br /><b>Delphinus </b>~ six stars <br />insisting on leaping, a <br />fish. Oh very well. <br /> <br /> <br /><b>Eros </b>~ chunk of rock <br />good for throwing at cow if <br />cow tries to jump moon <br /> <br /> <br /><b>Stephen's Quintet </b>~ five <br />galactic wiggles, cosmic <br />sperm squiggles of light <br /> <br /> <br />observes <b>Jupiter</b> <br />plotting belts, spots, moons ~ dreams to <br />build a cabin there <br /> <br /> <br /><i><b>M1 </b></i>universe <br />far hymns and screams, waterfalls ~ <br />light speck in eye. blink. <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7680888?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-76321642001-12-04T05:25:00.000-08:002001-12-04T05:44:42.000-08:00<b><i>PARING KNIFE ~ four haiku</i></b> <br /> <br />wild pears by train tracks <br />forsaken place, savage fruit <br />Paring knife! Sugar! <br /> <br /> <br />autumn gravity <br />gunmetal sky caves in ~ no <br />living thing beneath <br /> <br /> <br />headache headache comes <br />from some old old place ~ like light <br />does, like darkness does <br /> <br /> <br />clears throat, glances left <br />shifts plate slightly south, clears throat <br />shifts knife north ~ earthquake <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7632164?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-76310472001-12-04T04:12:00.000-08:002001-12-04T05:44:01.000-08:00 <br /><b><i>ALL THINGS EXISTING ~ four haiku</i></b> <br /> <br />new lover fixes <br />porch light ~ I rebreak it, now <br />always on, for him <br /> <br /> <br /> my lover builds a <br /> fire, weaving sticks and wind, then <br /> climbs in, calls it home <br /> <br /> <br /> transvestite - bitten <br /> red lips, grimy ankles - squints, <br /> sewing in sunshine <br /> <br /> <br /> come in along with <br /> to for out here beside me <br /> All things existing <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7631047?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-76007522001-12-03T04:56:00.000-08:002002-01-03T03:11:28.000-08:00<b><i>BLUE SKY MOON ~ 3 haiku</i></b> <br /> <br /> <br />blue blue blue blue sky <br />waiting for crow to pass through <br />to restart space/time <br /> <br /> <br /> sliver moon in blue sky <br /> crow doesn't get stuck on it <br /> the way soft mind does <br /> <br /> <br /> childishly blue sky <br /> hung with just one sliver moon <br /> where's crow when needed? <br /> <br /> <br /><script language=javascript <br />src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j&y=suhaiku&u=10020339"> <br /></script><noscript><center> <br /><table bgcolor=ffffff cellspacing=0 border=2 bordercolor=red><tr> <br /><td><table cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align=center> <br /><font face=arial size=-1>This site is a member of WebRing. <br /><br>To browse visit <a href="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=l&y=suhaiku&u=10020339"> <br />Here</a>.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <br /></center></noscript> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7600752?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3228748.post-76004242001-12-03T04:35:00.000-08:002001-12-04T04:17:40.000-08:00 <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3228748-7600424?l=suku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14858743221075871572noreply@blogger.com