Thursday, December 19
flash like a xerox
posted by adam 5:09 PM
so easy to trick the eyes
that have seen too much
Wednesday, December 18
this exhaustion
posted by adam 11:26 AM
my best friend, my worst foe
too tired to fight
Monday, December 2
swirling wind and snow.
posted by adam 12:47 PM
i miss being
unemployed
Sunday, December 1
fifty thousand words
posted by adam 6:20 PM
that say less together than
one of these haiku
Thursday, November 21
word count status bar
posted by adam 4:28 PM
numbers jumping up and down
like a struggling scale.
Friday, November 8
cell phone rings, i answer
posted by adam 2:25 PM
who the hell is
isaac lester?
Wednesday, October 30
dust and vibration --
posted by adam 2:14 PM
headaches, sneezes handed down
from high above
Thursday, October 24
3 hundred thousand
posted by adam 9:03 AM
syllables to be written --
take one at a time
Monday, October 21
searching for relief
posted by adam 4:21 PM
from all this talk of searching
and none to be found
undecided,
posted by adam 4:18 PM
easily forgotten,
misremembered
Wednesday, October 16
Town and Country
posted by adam 2:13 PM
minivan license plate:
TJs Ride
Tuesday, October 8
thoughts like leaves,
posted by adam 4:57 PM
float through, unremembered
and rotten
Monday, October 7
Satan has no tail,
posted by adam 8:58 PM
wears no red, has no pitchfork,
doesn't live in heat.
I've seen this devil in the snow
and ice, in the dead of winter.
His name mispronounced,
or misspelled, his yellow hat
the target of rage
I've seen this devil in the rain
and mud, in the dead of the night.
Destroying dreams, hopes
doing what once we all thought
was undoable.
Wednesday, October 2
misprint in paper --
posted by adam 4:38 PM
the recipe calls for 2,
not 21 peppers
Tuesday, October 1
friendly violence
posted by adam 9:29 AM
paves the way for begetting
friendly violence
Monday, September 30
"I hate cake." -- "Me too."
posted by adam 1:13 PM
I was speaking of the band;
she spoke of the food.
Friday, September 27
meta haiku jokes
posted by adam 5:05 PM
were once funnier than hell.
now...eh, not so much.
exercising mouths,
posted by adam 9:19 AM
over again, not walking,
but talking the dog.
some haiku seem to
posted by Dub Magistrate 2:26 AM
convey great length in few words.
this one, though, does not.
one trick is to give
each word in the poem just one
beat. that will do it.
Conversely, suppose
multisyllabic statements
convey brevity.
technically complex
stanzas accelerate one's
perception of time.
Thursday, September 26
poetry of mine
posted by Dub Magistrate 6:48 PM
appears here on occasion.
have you seen any?
I can't wait until
posted by Dub Magistrate 6:45 PM
we can stop writing haiku
about september
haiku hiatus
posted by Dub Magistrate 6:44 PM
late september drenched in light
winds cool sun-warmed skin
Wednesday, September 25
drilled into this skull
posted by adam 11:44 AM
a hole, and found inside there
a desperate note...
"the pressure too much, my only escape
the easiest way out of this head."
imagine the noise,
the vibration and the pain
in that single act
Tuesday, September 24
how slow the month goes
posted by adam 2:34 PM
when counting the days -- each day
writing these haiku.
and summer faded
posted by adam 2:31 PM
without warning to crisp days;
fighting for the sheets
Monday, September 23
radiator hiss
posted by adam 3:23 PM
and bubble distract too soon.
it's just september
20 hour days
posted by adam 3:22 PM
have taken their toll on my
collaborator
Friday, September 20
i'm permanently
posted by adam 10:28 AM
indisposed, unable to
come to the phone now.
Tuesday, September 17
if it's not one thing
posted by adam 8:43 AM
it's usually bound to be
another.
Thursday, September 12
rounding corner past
posted by Dub Magistrate 2:10 PM
window, expecting sunlight.
no sun, trees. just fog.
lone cloud hovering
posted by adam 12:55 PM
solo flight across the sky
the rest, deepest blue
Wednesday, September 11
prolific bastard
posted by adam 4:43 PM
just trying to show me up
with sheer quantitiy
They only made us
posted by Dub Magistrate 4:09 PM
stronger? That doesn't preclude
them from having won.
it is possible
posted by Dub Magistrate 3:43 PM
that no one has ever heard
this poem read aloud
Inappropriate.
posted by Dub Magistrate 3:32 PM
I forgot introductions.
I'm the new author.
the sky to the north
posted by adam 1:43 PM
is as beautiful as if
it never happened
you will never see
posted by Dub Magistrate 1:37 PM
'poetic sterility'
in lines one or three
new haiku author
posted by adam 12:29 PM
fear him, love him, adore him
but not more than me.
on nine-eleven
posted by adam 10:43 AM
this haiku will do so much
to heal the nation
this haiku contains
posted by adam 9:00 AM
no shots of airplanes crashing
into tall buildings.
Tuesday, September 10
wet concrete -- a smell
posted by adam 9:23 PM
that makes me feel that my teeth
are scraping the ground.
you might be thinking --
posted by adam 2:32 PM
then again, probably not.
you don't seem the type.
of all the haiku
posted by adam 11:33 AM
written about tragedy
this one is the best
This haiku about
posted by adam 10:19 AM
September eleventh is
a little better.
Monday, September 9
this haiku will be
posted by adam 4:04 PM
known as the best september
eleventh haiku.
Friday, September 6
breathing in air
posted by adam 3:57 PM
meant for nostalgia's sake
through scent, sent back
Thursday, September 5
wasn't too scary
posted by adam 11:49 AM
wasn't too interesting
the signs make no sense
Wednesday, September 4
each of us contends
posted by adam 10:16 AM
that he (or she) was the one
to make the first move.
Tuesday, September 3
not even flying
posted by adam 10:46 AM
one month as in a moment
time has been no time
mosquito fly home,
posted by adam 10:40 AM
i'm sick of the west nile jokes
that you carry with.
Friday, August 30
:a haiku clip show:
posted by adam 7:27 PM
-- 11 January 2001. Apparently, I was making an exercise of writing non-sequitir haiku. Greatly amusing (to me, at least.) --
Candid Camera
pleasant favors taken back
three days left to go.
Dustin Hoffman's lips
Stringy tendrils of mashed corn.
Flash flood warnings wrong.
devil may not care
who's to say I can't do that?
there are no ducks here.
a beautiful day.
posted by adam 4:15 PM
i don't notice though, until
someone else tells me.
Thursday, August 29
what if i was
posted by adam 2:53 PM
wearing a t-shirt that said
"haiku kicks your ass!"
Wednesday, August 28
tiny pieces
posted by adam 8:58 AM
of me
everywhere
Monday, August 26
:haiku-giene:
posted by adam 11:51 AM
immediately
the little shampoo i used
is too much
morning routine
shortened by 10 minutes
hair dries itself
tell my age
counting the layers of skin
peeling from my back
Thursday, August 22
cricket, grasshopper --
posted by adam 4:32 PM
i can never remember.
flies into the wall.
Tuesday, August 20
asleep on the beach
posted by adam 11:58 PM
good thing i brought the sunscreen.
neglected to use.
Sunday, August 18
requested to pay
posted by adam 10:36 PM
for the honor of having
my Camry stolen.
Friday, August 16
tree with chopstick trunk
posted by adam 9:36 AM
windblown without a breeze
leaning toward its death
Tuesday, August 13
pig bomb on my desk
posted by adam 11:35 AM
noone is responsible
stupid mystery.
Monday, August 12
this wasp going north
posted by adam 1:37 PM
regardless of the building
in its way
sudden impact --
posted by adam 9:18 AM
an errant wasp hits my chest
and flies off, dazed
Sunday, August 11
give kids the option:
posted by adam 8:39 PM
"one nation under bob"
sounds just as good.
Friday, August 9
:a haiku clip show:
posted by adam 3:40 PM
what breath i have left
is shallow
and uninspired
count my lucky stars
on the fingers of one hand.
cloud obscuring sky.
:end rerun:
eyes scanning eyes
posted by adam 2:21 PM
looking for a hint of hope
or a trace of weakness
Thursday, August 8
her hand on my shoulder
posted by adam 3:22 PM
brings tears
like a sting.
:a haiku clip show:
posted by adam 10:38 AM
hardwood floor on foot
without a thought
but maple
leaves start to turn
i deny
the beginning of fall
:end rerun:
Wednesday, August 7
I just couldn't say.
posted by adam 11:45 PM
I can't; I won't; I don't say.
I can bide my time.
not stupid, nor smart
posted by adam 3:16 PM
i hit somewhere in between.
violent. angry.
--Jewel checkout line--
posted by adam 12:14 AM
"Just getting one lime?"
"I'm only buying six beers."
"Will that be enough?"
Woman behind me
says she's been eyeing
my Coronas.
Tuesday, August 6
construction party.
posted by adam 1:07 PM
we weren't invited.
we eat their dust.
he praises miners,
posted by adam 9:21 AM
teamwork -- now we can kill
the terrorists.
Monday, August 5
through the moon and mist
posted by adam 9:34 PM
the sky reveals 5 stars.
of millions, these few.
Dear Diary,
posted by adam 4:42 PM
Go to hell.
Love, Adam
