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Category Archive: Politics

01 Jul

American flag / flapping furiously in / ev’ry direction.

#1 of a Threeku mini-series, as we celebrate US “independence” this first week of July… NOTE: a “Threeku” is a series of three haiku (or senryū) written by The Haikook…
2012/07/01 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
22 Jun

Butterfly / be careful how you / flap your wings.

2012/06/22 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
18 Jun

Misfit chord / minor key, voice of / dissonance.

Twoku: Be the alternate / scale, minor key, misfit chord / the dissonant voice.
2012/06/18 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
11 Jun

Monopoly Dog / played his part in the carnage / risky money games.

2012/06/11 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
27 May

The Buddha / sits calmly among / bleeding hearts.

2012/05/27 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
26 Apr

Branches of / all species reach for / the same sun.

2012/04/26 at 11:11 am Leave a comment
15 Apr

Think, speak, verbalize / in fervent hope you will say / that which needs saying.

This is a pic of a painting, which hangs in my office. It was done by an old friend Bill Batson, who sold it to me for a pittance, when…
2012/04/15 at 11:50 am Leave a comment
13 Mar

The chameleon / picks his audience and then / decides how to dress.

2012/03/13 at 4:31 pm Leave a comment
24 Jan

State of the onion / peel back the layers, reveal / what’s lurking inside.

Or, the original haiku: Obama address / state of the union; again / I am full of hope.    
2012/01/24 at 3:43 pm 2 Comments
16 Jan

Love, to connect all / dissimilar people, flows / from an open heart.

Inspired by and dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, on the US holiday in his memory…  
2012/01/16 at 11:08 am 3 Comments