Twoku: Pandemic greeting / namaste right where you are! / No more handshaking. Threeku: Personal spacing / namaste away from me! / Pandemic greeting. Fourku: Namaste away! / Respect the…
Twoku: Not favored by fate / the recalcitrant raccoon / walking the wrong way. — the Haikook —
Twoku: Ghosts in the machine / my phone keeps reminding me / birthdays of the dead. Threeku: Despite all my deletions / ghosts in machine remind me / of dead…
Twoku: Night’s lonely singer / September’s last cicada / his buzz-saw love song. — The Haikook —
RIP Debbie Reynolds. RIP Carrie Fisher. — haikumages — PHOTO CREDITS: all images taken from the internet, no authorship, ownership or other rights are implied or claimed by…
My ex-father-in-law, my children’s other grandfather, has died. More accurately, the person, the man, the father, and grandfather we knew and loved, departed some time ago, and the shell he…
PHOTO CREDIT: COPYRIGHT Russell E. Murray / REMAGES (the Haikook). Taken at one of the January 2011 concerts in Madison Square Garden.
I wrote this “extra” haiku (senryu, actually) among many written and posted when the last big terrorist mass murder was committed by ISIS. Today, sadly, there was a mass murder…
Today, we grieve for the victims of hate in Lahore, Pakistan. SOURCE: from the NYT article posted on 3/27/2016 at 12:31pm EDT. PHOTO CREDIT: Arif Ali/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Twoku: The book of friendship / many chapters unwritten / my co-author died. Threeku: First, last exchanges / with a recent friend, now made / precious by her death. Fourku:…
After a big week of celebrity performer death–David Bowie, Alan Rickman, and Glenn Frey–it occurred to me that I am sadly typing the letters “RIP” far too often these days,…
Many people have died at age sixty-nine. Today, sadly, it was Alan Rickman, an actor whose art, craft, and “snarlingly withering” voice I greatly enjoyed, now silenced, joining the ranks…
Thanks for all you gave us. We imagine your journey continues on somewhere else now… RIP Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie. – the Haikook Photo Details: David Bowie, taken at the…
Twoku: A new year / the same old demons / waving guns. Threeku: A new year arrives / old demons find new voices / emboldened by hate. It’s getting worse,…
A mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, has left at least 14 dead and at least 17 others wounded. But San Bernardino wasn’t the only mass shooting in America on…
No doubt you are catching people’s attention wherever you are now. Rest in piece Yogi Berra… – the Haikook NY Times Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html PHOTO CREDIT: Sam Falk / The New…
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has passed on to his next adventure, his next state of being. This haiku is in his memory… Obituary post on his Facebook page by the…
BTW, the font in this is image is apropos in its name: “Beat My Guest”… R.I.P. Wes Craven. Your horrific tales and images will be enjoyed in your absence… –…
Thank you, we remember… – the Haikook –
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