an owl hoots
River current
one by one the geese
bottom-up
First light
through old-growth forest
an owl hoots
from “A Flutter of Wings,” by Pamela Miller Ness
printed for the Haiku Canada Conference (2003) Click for contact info.
by dagosan:
parents’ new home:
old bladders
one bathroom
[Sept. 24, 2004]
Tired hearing about Cat Stevens? How about some Cat Senryu? A collection of Haiku for Cats is posted on the webpages of Texas A&M’s Bob Brooks. I wish I could credit the actual author(s), as they appear to have captured well the indifference and arrogance of the domestic feline. (Thanks to lawyer-poet Deborah Sirotkin Butler for passing them on to me.) Here’s a teaser:
The food in my bowl
Is old, and – more to the point -
Contains no tuna.
There’s no dignity
In being sick – which is why
I don’t tell you where.
Am I in your way?
You seem to have it backwards:
This pillow’s taken.
Update (9 PM): Back home from a rare visit with both siblings (Mom and Dad, too) – tired, but pleased, I offer two more family photos on my Sibs Page. As you’ll see, I was not in charge of choosing the pictures.
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