dagosan’s scrapbook — Feb. 2005
- below are haiku and senryu written by “dagosan“, this weblog’s Editor, David A. Giacalone. most have been on the Home Page, some are outtakes and rewrites. each is a work in progress. i hope they show improvement over time and encourage others to try writing haiku -
- click here for dagosan’s archive -
a three-engine freight train
delays lunch –
two stomachs rumble
[Feb. 28, 2005]
offering a kiss –
she eagerly shares
calories
[Feb. 27, 2005]
a huge yellow moon –
our argument fogs
the windshield
we all help
blow out the candles –
dad’s 86th birthday
[Feb. 26, 2005]
a dear aunt’s cluttered desk –
checking email
from her guest room
[Feb. 25, 2005]
pleasantly surprised
again –
full moon at the window
[Feb. 24, 2005]
middle finger
papercut
middle finger
afraid to look
under the bed –
dust dinosaurs sleep
[Feb. 23, 2005]
bookstore
history section –
two honest presidents
[Feb. 21, 2005]
the visiting twin–
driving alone
into a snow storm
[Feb. 21, 2005]
business lunch
starts with a compliment –
he raises his knife
[Feb. 20, 2005]
digital age:
aging digits
at the keyboard
[re-do]
cirrus clouds and
a dusting of snow –
the midday moon is shedding
[Feb. 19, 2005]
pink clouds
in the bare oak’s crotch
the street-walker stares
[Feb. 18, 2005]
travel plans
penciled in*
*winter’s asterisk
[Feb. 17, 2005]
dust on the spine
of each cookbook –
soup can in the sink
[Feb. 16, 2005]
where two boys
ice-fished yesterday –
two ducks swim
[Feb.15, 2005]
valentine for
an apostate son –
novena card from mom
[Feb. 15, 2005]
give her a hand –
a perfect
snow angel
[Feb.14, 2005
mailbox stuffed
-- Valentines
from relatives
[Feb. 14, 2004 & 2005]
-- Valentines
from relatives
[Feb. 14, 2004 & 2005]
sealed –
the Valentine card
she never sent
[Feb. 13, 2005]
honest Abe –
no one wears his hat
or fills his shoes
[Feb. 12, 2005]
warmed by the sun
lit by the moon –
icy porch steps
[Feb.11, 2005]
valentine sun
warms the kitchen –
tuna melt for lunch
[Feb.10, 2005]
wondering where
they go in winter –
pond frogs and children
[Feb.9, 2005]
can’t reach
the triple-word score –
the dog whines for table scraps
[Feb.9, 2005]
sad chirp of
the smoke detector —
another low battery
[Feb.8, 2005]
today
the sun sets too slowly –
driving westward
[Feb.7, 2005]
at the sink
squinting at sunrise
and saturday’s dishes
[Feb.6, 2005]
sunset tints
the cloudbank pink –
avoiding yellow snow
[Feb.5, 2005]
can’t take my eyes off
the bird in flight –
wanting to know its name
[Feb.4, 2005]
four Advil
at a time –
caressing the cordless mouse
[Feb. 3, 2005]
window view
icicle and branch –
branch
[Feb. 2, 2005]
in the freezer,
three starter snowmen –
cloudless sky
[Feb. 1, 2005]
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