david giacalone: haiku and senryu (2004)
– below are haiku and senryu written by this weblog’s Editor, David A. Giacalone. They first appeared on the f/k/a homepage, under the name “dagosan”. the unedited daily offerings from dagosan can be found in his ”scrapbooks” by going to the dagosan archives page –
sleet turns to rain -
snow buddha’s visit
cut short
[Dec. 31, 2004]
one smirking
snowman
one hatless scarecrow
[Dec. 30, 2004]
children awash
in christmas gifts –
tsunami on tv
[Dec. 28, 2004]
coins inside the walnuts -
great-grandchildren
cracking a smile
[Dec. 27, 2004, for Grandpa Bart]
cross words over turkey
over parenting –
the Yule log burns
[Dec. 26, 2004]
a sleigh-shaped cloud
floats by -
Christmas morning blue sky
[Dec. 25, 2004]
Nana serves
Grandma’s recipes —
Christmas Eve calamari
[Dec. 24, 2004]
two-hour backup –
just past the accident,
Christmas Eve rainbow
wrapping and
packing–
she pastes on a smile
[Dec. 22, 2004]
married a decade
she hides
the mistletoe
married a decade
he buys
new mistletoe
[Dec. 20, 2004]
wind chill zero
outside the high school
not one jacket zipped
[Dec. 18, 2004]
3 am nature call–
the nagging drip
of icicles
[Dec. 17, 2004]
fogged window -
too cold
meets too hot
[Dec. 15, 2004]
winter wind
rattles the windows -
the fridge hums louder
[Dec. 14, 2004]
birthday phone call -
your triple bypass
trumps my bad knee
[Dec. 13, 2004]
waiting room -
the masked man
brings his own magazine
[Dec. 11, 2004]
eyelid lightshow –
he hits the snooze button
one more time
[Dec. 10, 2004]
Sunday morning
omelet
for one
a single
mimosa
- hold the toast
two strawberry blondes
lean into the wind -
cattails lean with it
[Dec. 4, 2004]
snow falls
from a low gray sky -
she lifts the sauce pan lid
[Dec. 3, 2004]
a favorite tree
reflected in the river -
made me look again
[Dec. 2, 2004]
the river mirrors
the busy bridge -
one duck races the cars
[Dec. 1, 2004]
under nana’s afghan –
dreaming homemade
bread and meatballs
[Nov 30, 2004]
the shower massage
finds her navel -
Buddha smile
[Nov 23, 2004]
rainy night drive –
squinting at glare
through dad’s eyes
[Nov 21, 2004]
clogged drain–
300-pound plumber
under the sink
[Nov.20, 2004]
sitting to meditate-
toilet and nose
start to run
[Nov. 15, 2004]
waving from the river bank
waving back
cattails
[Nov. 13, 2004]
handful of pawns
protect the king -
Veterans Day
[Nov.11, 2004
even lovelier
naked
backyard elm
[Nov. 10, 2004]
almost sunset -
mottled clouds
blush at my stare
[Nov 7, 2004]
election over
dirty laundry
awaits
[Nov. 4, 2004]
candy for goblins
disappears early –
sneaking out to buy more
[Oct. 28, 2004]
Lunar Eclipse [and World Series] Sequence
eclipse tonight –
no cover
no rain date
full moon
encircled by clouds
– awaiting the hunter
pumpkin
floating in the river
Hunter’s Moon
wow, it’s orange!
tawny, she corrects
_ _ Blood Moon
out of the
shadow
redstockings
[October 28, 2004]
first night at her place -
three-dog gal
no-dog guy
[Oct. 26, 2004]
toilet seat up -
bedroom
suddenly chilly
[Oct. 25, 2004]
another stray dog
finds
her
[Oct. 23, 2004]
cold fingers –
sitting on my hands
before touching hers
[Oct. 18, 2004]
first date:
she groans with pleasure
. . . at my pun
[Oct. 20, 2004]
the stale air
of an old man’s home –
opening my front door
[Oct. 21, 2004]
expecting rain,
smiling at
the blue sky
[Oct. 14, 2004]
waking too late
to see the dawn
- he pencils-in sunset
[Oct. 7, 2004]
blinds open
to the midday sun –
summer’s gone
[Oct. 1, 2004]
just before
the pale orange moon
a bright orange sky
[Sept. 28, 2004]
harvest moon
over Wal-Mart –
schlepping groceries
[Spet. 26, 2004]
no coffee brewing
no scent of love –
the hermit wakes
[Sept. 25, 2004]
visiting mom and dad –
faces and refrains
gettin’ old
[Sept. 22 & 26,, 2004]
last day of summer -
the old cat naps
in the sunny window
[Sept. 21, 2004]
caught hiding the stash -
colombian
caffeine
[Sept. 19, 2004]
street closed
for the Saturday Faire
the only sound is rain
[Sept. 18, 2004]
October peonies -
still perfect
from the curb
[Sept. 15, 2004]
supine at noon
sunshine spotlights
one big toe
[Sept. 14, 2004]
a breeze!
a draft!
the window fan stirs debate
[Sept. 13, 2004]
the double amputee
winces
[Sept. 11, 2004]
first day of school
bus stop horseplay
wakes the empty-nester
[Sept. 7, 2004]
hand-in-hand
until
the mosquito mugging
[Sept. 3, 2004]
Labor Day
the parade starts and ends
at the mall
[Sept. 2, 2004]
ancient snapshot
their last smiles
for the camera
[Sept. 1, 2004]
soap-stung eyes —
an eight-year-old’s face
flashes in the mirror
[Aug. 28, 2004]
just below
the “riverview apartment” –
ten ripe garbage cans
[Aug. 27, 2004]
honking at my window –
geese above
cabbie below
[Sept. 19, 2004]
sleepless night
she won’t stop
leaving me alone
[Aug. 21, 2004]
clock tower with crescent moon
– only the moon
follows us home
[Aug. 20, 2004]
typing stops –
laptop activist
gets off his butt
[Aug. 17, 2004]
their babies
never cry
never stop crying
[Aug, 25, 2004, for Dafur's victims]
the garbage bag lands –
squirrel and I
startle eachother
[08-13-04]
tailgater
passing on a sharp curve –
take a deep breath
[Aug. 8, 2004]
a welcome smile
from the past –
obituary photo
[08-01-04]
old dog and master
jostling
for the tiny spot of shade
[07-31-04]
cursing
the unset alarm clock -
late for church again
[07-30-04]
waking from a young man’s dream
last night’s body
creaks and groans
[7-27-04]
in bed
alone
with a nagging back
[7-25-04]
mottled gray sky
impatiens
grow louder [7-15-04]
above our yard
frog and I
eyeing
the mosquito
the late-riser
stays for an encore:
eyelid lightshow
[07-07-04]
startled
by the old guy
in the men’s room mirror
[07-05-04]
the holiday starts
like any day –
toilet flushes [07-04-04]
children’s voices rise
one neighbor frowns
one smiles [07-03-04]
finale:
fireflies
follow fireworks
[07-02-04, for e.m.]
“maintain tunnel speed”
a heavy foot is
suddenly light
[dag, 07-01-04]
hawk
then helicopter –
highway patrol
[07-02-04]
soccer novice
practices his footwork:
daughter teaching dad
[06-27-04]
summer blockbuster
fireflies outdo
Spielberg
[06-24-04]
comparing aches
before the show –
senior organ recital
[06-23-04, thanks r.n.]
her dimpled smile!
no exclamation point
needed
[06-22-04]
late-comers:
fireflies join
the solstice party
[06-20-04]
summer’s here!
worked up a sweat
sleeping
[06-18-04]
guest room
old friend
on an old mattress
[06-13-04]
it’s pink! it’s purple!
sunset inspires
more bickering
frogpond, Vol. XXVIII, #2 (2005)
full tummies
and empty bladders
not for long
[06-10-04]
have you
finished this page yet,
fly on my thumb?
[06-10-04]
storm alert
every kind of cloud
in one sky
[06-02-04; Legal Studies Forum XXIX:1 (2005) ]
“All-U-Can-Eat” sign
a vulture discovers
the roadkill deer
[06-01-04]
gold star nana
holds one small hand
remembers another
[05-31-04]
New Guinea
dad rather not
talk about it
[05-29-04]
butterfly’s birth
- the unpacked swimsuit smells
of moth balls
[dag, 05-14-04]
her due date
we hug
on an angle –
[dag, 05-07-04]
the dogwood blooms:
a fat lady on tiptoes
enhales deeply
[dag, 05-01-04]
parka on its hook –
a Spring day colder
than it looks
[04-25-04]
earth’s birthday:
recycling our Valentine
cards
[04-22-04]
hardboiled eggs:
one peels easily
one doesn’t
[d04-06-04]
radiator
colder than my fingers –
first day of Spring
[03-20-04]
never
noticed that tree until
this sunset
[02-26-04]
almost dusk
driving while distracted
by tree after tree
[02-23-04]
winter twins – -
which tree blossomed
last Spring?
mom’s genes:
coffee-talk about
arthritis
……. dag, 02-12-04]
frozen waves
hello-goodbye along
the icy river
[02-09-04]
digital age -
at the keyboard watching
aging digits
02-06-04]
.
the early alarm
is quickly forgiven:
pink-cloud morning
[01-29-04]
waiting undressed
to meet the new doctor
cold feet
[01-27-04 (thanks, Alice]
waking alone
the morning after:
dirty dishes
[01-20-04]
cloud-covered twilight
re-setting the printer
to grayscale
[01-17-04]
never knew
the name of that alley:
new eyeglasses
[01-12-04]
afghan warming
on the radiator –
brilliantly misplaced
[ 01-11-04]
silently
she lures me to the kitchen
peeled tangerine
Tug of the Current (HSA, 2004 Members’ Anthology)
warm enough
to linger at the river
year-end bonus
white to pink–
who painted the clouds while
we shopped for wine?
Legal Studies Forum XXIX:1 (2005)
through sleepy eyes:
a crow glides past the window
then the hawk
[12-25-03]
lips and tongues
our traditional Christmas
papercuts
[12-20-03]
married ten years
nobody looks for
the mistletoe
[12-20-03]
blue sky
behind bare branches
year-end bonus
Legal Studies Forum XXIX:1 (2005)
a perfect cloud floats past
the window-framed sky –
typing stops
[12/12/03]
alone -
hugging
warm laundry
[06/12/04, The Heron's Nest (March, 2005)]
first glimpse
of the just-lighted tree
full moon parts the clouds
[12/08/03]
poking a cold nose
from under warm blankets
the squirrel and I
[12/05/03]
scraping the windshield
first snowfall without you
and our garage
[12/02/03]
