f/k/a . . .

- 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 index -

8th birthday -

she wants a diamond

and new cleats

 

            [for Lissa, July 31, 2005]

 

 

 

 

another summer

infatuation

orange daylilies

 

 

[July 30, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fasting for a blood test –

the phlebotomist

puts down his doughnut

 

 

 

 

 

 

cute receptionist –

handing her

a Medicare card

 

                [July 29, 2005]

 

 

 

cooler after the storm –

a smile from

the neighborhood scold

 

                [July 28, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

one more

razor nick –

she kisses the whiskered cat

 

 

[July 27, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July heatwave –

the hardhats grieve over

lukewarm coffee

 

                     [July 26, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lawn seating –

we hear

the clouds float by 

 

                          [July 25, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

writer’s block –

an ice cream binge

inspires brain freeze

 

                 [July 22, 2005]     

 

 

 

 

perigee:

the moon

closer than you

 

 

[July 21 2005]  

 

 

 

 

 

 

open window –

summer breeze

blows right by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a lot less humid

choosing

the sunny side of the street

 

 

[July 20 2005]  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mid-July –

the weatherman

explains dew points again         

                 [July 19, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

toweling off –

why do I always

start here?             

                       [July 18, 2005]

 

 

 

 

sultry Sunday

freezer pops and

blue tongues

[July 17, 2005]     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

harvest moon

a cartful

of groceries

 

 

[orig. Sept. 26, 2004,

     edited, July 16, 2005]

 

 

rush-hour red light –

every car but ours

airconditioned

 

 

[July 15, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

just past sunset –

faded daylilies

more orange than before

 

 

[July 14, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the gull we shooed –

watching and

watching its flight

 

             [July 13, 2005]

 

 

 

tawny

crescent moon -

the curve of her tan line

 

 

[July 12, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

an oak shades

the newly-waxed Saab –

sparrow scores a bull’s-eye

 

 

[July 11, 2005]

 

 

 

 

Sunday dawn –

yawning

all the way back to bed

 

                              [July 10, 2005]       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sudden downpour

wet t-shirts

show much too much 

 

                              [July 8, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

summer laundry –

the colors pile

half the size of the whites

 

[July 7,2005]    

 

 

 

not until we’re married!

he invokes

the kissing loophole

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kissing Day –

just as much fun

with our dentures out

 

 

 

 

 

 

his pop-fly

kisses the moon –

heading to second 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the bedroom spider

gets clemency –

not the mosquito

 

 

[July 6, 2005]

 

 

 

 

parked on the shoulder

in a driving rain –

our flashers dim

 

[July 5, 2005]

 

 

the old war vet –

holding his grandson

and oxygen tank

 

original

photo by arthur j. giacalone

 

 

 

 

 

 

fireworks -

in the crowd

one dog wimphers, one howls
 

 

 

 

 

 

                               !!!!!!!

                      finale

                     f

                    f

                   f

                  f

                 f

                f

               f

              f

fireworks  

town hall fireflies

keep working the crowd

                         

 

[July 4, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

bedroom cricket –

she wants it caught 

                        and brought outside 

 

[July 3, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

breakfast alone

a cricket

in the kitchen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

double-play:

baseball and fireworks

called on account of rain 

 

 

[July 2, 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July downpour –

a tiny dry patch

on the porch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lightning storm –

the constant flashing

of digital clocks

 

 

[July 1, 2005]