tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109454452009-12-24T12:11:09.115-08:00A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.comBlogger563125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-83461393826336457632009-12-24T07:08:00.000-08:002009-12-24T09:37:25.022-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">the card seller</div><div style="text-align: center;">closes for the night</div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas Eve</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-8346139382633645763?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-18787962395625817042009-12-22T07:07:00.000-08:002009-12-22T07:09:07.788-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">flurries</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Salvation Army bell</div><div style="text-align: center;">rings rings rings</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-1878796239562581704?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-23425647024011431892009-12-21T19:41:00.000-08:002009-12-21T19:42:59.727-08:00Here's one I've posted at a few blogs today<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">in an old yearbook</div><div style="text-align: center;">that girl I never kissed–</div><div style="text-align: center;">winter solstice</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-2342564702401143189?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-5820110770402602882009-12-20T07:12:00.000-08:002009-12-20T07:14:22.409-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">into the stillness</div><div style="text-align: center;">of this morning after snow</div><div style="text-align: center;"> smoke from a chimney</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-582011077040260288?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-88036846973177754972009-12-20T07:09:00.000-08:002009-12-20T07:11:32.128-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">the shovels</div><div style="text-align: center;">down from the attic</div><div style="text-align: center;">my winter bones</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We got about a foot of it.</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-8803684697317775497?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-41819613418975874582009-12-20T07:08:00.000-08:002009-12-20T07:09:22.134-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">snow on the way</div><div style="text-align: center;">a shovel's weight</div><div style="text-align: center;">on my mind</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-4181961341897587458?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-90756360652322612722009-12-18T15:56:00.001-08:002009-12-18T15:57:41.465-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">flower show</div><div style="text-align: center;">the bees about</div><div style="text-align: center;">their business</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[First published in <i>Notes from the Gean</i>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-9075636065232261272?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-35608117805947852612009-12-12T09:41:00.000-08:002009-12-12T14:52:27.147-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">autumn afternoon</div><div style="text-align: center;">children's voices wake me</div><div style="text-align: center;">from a daydream</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This one is slightly out of season, and the next few posts will be as well. They were written a while ago, and they have recently been published in <i>Notes from the Gean</i>. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-3560811780594785261?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-7380553740559196212009-12-08T14:43:00.000-08:002009-12-08T14:47:52.536-08:00I've just added a new site to the list of "other good sites" to the left. This site features haiku, senryu, and occasionally tanka related to and inspired by current news stories. For example, my "Afghanistan," recently posted here, appears there in a version more directly tied to the New York Times story that inspired it. Click on "Haiku News" to visit this site.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-738055374055919621?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-54941932095007072582009-12-08T07:02:00.000-08:002009-12-08T07:05:29.981-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">light in the window</div><div style="text-align: center;">I kick the snow</div><div style="text-align: center;">off my boots</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is a memory of winters past. We may be in for our first snow of this season tonight. I've posted versions of this as a comment at a couple of blogs.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-5494193209500707258?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-62053810710503833072009-12-05T06:52:00.000-08:002009-12-05T06:54:17.664-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">interception</div><div style="text-align: center;">the quarterback's long look</div><div style="text-align: center;">downfield</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[That's American football, of course.]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-6205381071050383307?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-27107385722639177432009-12-02T12:53:00.000-08:002009-12-02T12:54:31.895-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">Afghanistan</div><div style="text-align: center;">the mountains know</div><div style="text-align: center;">no timeline</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-2710738572263917743?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-28874775174516654572009-11-30T04:35:00.000-08:002009-11-30T04:36:10.515-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">raindrops</div><div style="text-align: center;">turning into rain</div><div style="text-align: center;">autumn's end</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-2887477517451665457?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-26851319420798766092009-11-23T10:29:00.000-08:002009-11-23T10:37:44.318-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">here . . . there . . .</div><div style="text-align: center;">so many stars</div><div style="text-align: center;">between us</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Note: Recent invasions of this blog have led me to enable "comment moderation," which means that in future your comments won't appear until I've approved them. I didn't want to do this, but the blog would otherwise be accessible to hucksters, hatemongers, porn peddlers, and degenerates of all shapes and sizes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And a warning to all you bloggers: Word verification doesn't work.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-2685131942079876609?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-66658903803565618152009-11-19T11:57:00.000-08:002009-11-19T11:58:35.436-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">empty nest</div><div style="text-align: center;">they make love</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the living room</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">(The "empty nest" comments at "fireflies" brought this to mind.)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-6665890380356561815?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-62206507640655971432009-11-18T04:46:00.000-08:002009-11-18T04:48:22.488-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">fireflies</div><div style="text-align: center;">the children</div><div style="text-align: center;">all grown</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[First published in <i>Acorn</i>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-6220650764065597143?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-82077987891856539332009-11-12T21:50:00.000-08:002009-11-12T21:51:20.280-08:00old<div>folks'</div><div>home</div><div>sunset</div><div>watching</div><div>time</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-8207798789185653933?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-17843842554946273222009-11-09T10:57:00.000-08:002009-11-09T10:58:19.736-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">laid off . . .</div><div style="text-align: center;">a game of Monopoly</div><div style="text-align: center;">with the kids</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-1784384255494627322?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-85243737467426372432009-11-02T17:13:00.000-08:002009-11-02T17:15:00.557-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">morning glory</div><div style="text-align: center;">I tell her everything</div><div style="text-align: center;">will be all right</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[First published in <i>Notes from the Gean</i>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-8524373746742637243?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-29924177142849906202009-10-30T13:17:00.000-07:002009-10-30T13:19:01.274-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">halloween party</div><div style="text-align: center;">in my Don Juan costume</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm taken for Zorro</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-2992417714284990620?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-34293223317461645372009-10-28T18:31:00.000-07:002009-10-28T18:35:28.694-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><pre>yksikseni ...<br />sammutan valot<br />ja päästän sisään kuun</pre><pre>"Lights," translated into Finnish</pre><pre>by</pre><pre>Juhani Tikkanen</pre><pre>aka</pre><pre>tikkis</pre><pre><br /></pre></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-3429322331746164537?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-46043079462713360892009-10-26T10:06:00.000-07:002009-10-26T10:07:59.021-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">solitude . . .</div><div style="text-align: center;">turning out the lights</div><div style="text-align: center;">I let in the moon</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[First place in the Caribbean Kigo Kukai, September 2009; assigned kigo was "lights."] </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-4604307946271336089?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-36994392446067655772009-10-22T07:49:00.000-07:002009-10-22T07:50:40.789-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">jacaranda petals</div><div style="text-align: center;">from here to the corner</div><div style="text-align: center;">I step lightly</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[First published in <i>Notes from the Gean</i>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-3699439244606765577?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-64150015547525180032009-09-25T15:04:00.000-07:002009-09-25T15:08:08.225-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">hot wind</div><div style="text-align: center;">the crow's shadow darker</div><div style="text-align: center;">than the crow</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[First published in <i>Notes from the Gean</i>]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Entering a very busy period. I'll be taking a break from blogging for a while. See you around the end of October. Stay well, my friends.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-6415001554752518003?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945445.post-18661632710098018232009-09-20T16:16:00.000-07:002009-09-20T16:17:13.202-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">gone</div><div style="text-align: center;">before it's written</div><div style="text-align: center;">dragonfly</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[First published in <i>Notes from the Gean</i>]</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10945445-1866163271009801823?l=haiku-usa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.com12