dagosan’s scrapbook - 2004 pt. 2
- 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 -
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snow turns to rain -
our Buddha’s visit
cut short
[Dec. 31, 2004]
just enough snow
for a Buddha –
too much snow
[Dec. 31, 2004]
new snowman –
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]
it’s about
the journey –
not today!
[Dec. 23, 2004]
two-hour backup –
just past the accident,
Christmas Eve rainbow
wrapping and
packing–
she pastes on a smile
[Dec. 22, 2004]
of course,
it’s coming back –
solstice clouds hide the sun
[Dec. 21, 2004]
married a decade
she hides
the mistletoe
married a decade
he buys
new mistletoe
[Dec. 20, 2004]
rattled
by the parking space stalker
– season’s greetings!
[Dec. 19, 2004]
wind chill zero –
outside the high school
not one jacket zipped
[Dec. 18, 2004]
3 am nature call–
the loud drip
of icicles
[Dec. 17, 2004]
her migraine
lingers -
nine (shopping) days ’til Christmas
[Dec. 16, 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]
can’t put a name
to a very pretty face -
birthday gift
[Dec. 7, 2004]
snowstorm begins -
got coffee
no half ‘n’ half
[Dec. 6, 2004]
Sunday morning
omelet
for one
a single
mimosa
- hold the toast
Sunday evening
no shower
no shave
[Dec. 5, 2004]
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]
a mostly-cloudy sampler
of blues, grays and whites
– driving alone
[Nov 29, 2004]
finally touching
her face - “are your fingers
always this cold?”
[Nov. 28, 2004]
the shower massage
finds her navel -
Buddha smile
[Nov 23, 2004]
rainy night drive –
squinting at glare
with dad’s eyes
[Nov 21, 2004]
clogged drain–
300-pound plumber
under the sink
[Nov.20, 2004]
sharing her flu -
the coffee
is bitter, too
[Nov. 19, 2004]
garbage can overlfows –
skinny squirrel ignores
man and river
[Nov. 17, 2004]
sitting to meditate-
toilet and nose
start to run
[Nov. 15, 2004]
waving from the river bank
waving back
cattails
[Nov. 13, 2004]
first snowfall
no one knows how to drive
‘cept I
[Nov.12, 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]
first November winds –
tear ducts leaking
again
[Nov. 5, 2004]
election over
dirty laundry
awaits
[Nov. 4, 2004]
red leaves,
her face
framed by gray
[Nov. 2, 2004]
“trick-or-treat!”
at all the other doors –
bittersweet binge
[Nov. 1, 2004]
Halloween at thirteen:
our baby says
it’s just for babies
[Oct. 31, 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
red
stockings
[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]
late October –
tv on
sound off
[Oct. 24, 2004]
- click here for the dagosan scrapbook pt. 1 (with entries from Dec. ‘03 to Oct. ‘04) -