grandpa’s fiddle
silent on the mantel
a cricket creaks
still on the bookshelf
the mother-in-law’s finger line
through the dust
ancient snapshot
their last smiles
for the camera
[Sept. 1, 2004]
d ‘n’ a . . . 
one-breath pundit
- I’m with Klau: a Democratic “echo chamber” is just as empty as a Republican one.
Kerry endorsed “all” the recommendations overnight.]
grandpa’s fiddle
silent on the mantel
a cricket creaks
still on the bookshelf
the mother-in-law’s finger line
through the dust
ancient snapshot
their last smiles
for the camera
[Sept. 1, 2004]
d ‘n’ a . . .
one-breath pundit
- I’m with Klau: a Democratic “echo chamber” is just as empty as a Republican one.
Kerry endorsed “all” the recommendations overnight.]
With the convention going on in NYC, I’ve been checking madcap
to deregulate those ill-conceived, conventional haiku rules: haiku do not have to
be in 5-7-5 form with 17 syllables. The best haiku in English usually contain 10
to 14 syllables, and contrast two images. So, come on, Madeleine, loosen up! (I bet
she’s never heard that line before.)
I’d be in nudge heaven, if I could also get our popular cyber comic to popularize the
term senryu — “a short poem similar in structure to haiku but featuring ironic, humorous
and/or coarse observations on human nature [glossary].
about a year ago. Here are two almost-haiku from dagosan to Madeleine:
Mad’s still counting
five-seven-five
Republicans
and syllables –
fewer is better
[Sept. 1, 2004] 
With the convention going on in NYC, I’ve been checking madcap
to deregulate those ill-conceived, conventional haiku rules: haiku do not have to
be in 5-7-5 form with 17 syllables. The best haiku in English usually contain 10
to 14 syllables, and contrast two images. So, come on, Madeleine, loosen up! (I bet
she’s never heard that line before.)
I’d be in nudge heaven, if I could also get our popular cyber comic to popularize the
term senryu — “a short poem similar in structure to haiku but featuring ironic, humorous
and/or coarse observations on human nature [glossary].
about a year ago. Here are two almost-haiku from dagosan to Madeleine:
Mad’s still counting
five-seven-five
Republicans
and syllables –
fewer is better
[Sept. 1, 2004]
