the archives of f/k/a . . .

    It’ s been more than a week since our last attempt to stimulate Goodwill Towards All here at f/k/a, but we still haven’t quite acquired that Holiday Glow.  Prof. Yabut even forgot to remind our faithful readers that two recent posts at shlep could help you avoid Holiday Shopper’s-Remorse Syndrome (see tips on avoiding gifting headaches and various forms of yo-ho-ho agita).

   About the best we can do right now is to share some seasonal senryu with you:

wrapping and
packing–
she pastes on a smile

“easy to assemble” 
I put it back and
grab a teddybear

twelve days ’til Christmas –
the tree and the cat
both shedding

. . . by dagosan

laid off 
she asks the mall santa to
bring dad a job

laid off  
she tells the mall santa
dad can make toys

……by ed markowski

 

 

first Christmas –
our baby sleeps through
the unwrapping of his gifts

 

 

 

Christmas Eve – 
bits of a price sticker
stuck on my finger

. … by michael dylan welch - “first christmas” – frogpond XXIX: 2 
 ”Christmas Eve” – The Heron’s Nest (Sept. 2005)

a present, a present
a New Year’s present!
her pink cheeks

New Year’s gift of tea –     
where did you go
on your jouney back to me?

. . . by Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue   

Christmas eve-
the row of cut trees
no one took home

                               
…… by Pamela Miller Ness  
from Modern Haiku XXIX:2 (Summer 1998)

red envelopes
the sound
of children’s laughter

. . . by Yu Chang - Upstate Dim Sum 2003/I

too tired
to untangle
christmas lights

. . . . by Roberta Beary 

 
wrapping gifts
the dog stops panting
for a pet

. . . . by w.f. owen
“wrapping gifts” -  Mainichi News Dec. 5, 2005

  Happy Winter Solstice!

a candle
in every window —
strangers light our path

dagosan