haikumages

I know this pain well / of being pulled out of dreams / to reality.

Twoku: A familiar pain / of waking up, being pulled / away from my dreams. Threeku: Yes, I know this pain / unwillingly awakened / broken out of dreams. You…

10 Dec

Fantastic machines / hallucination engines / dream generators.

Twoku: Dreamy shuffle-play / hallucination engine / dream generator. The other night, all these dreamy tunes played one after the other in my car, as my iPod shuffled around selecting…

03 Dec

The weather forecast / an ill wind blowing, cloudy / a chance of bullets.

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…

30 Nov

Words, guns, religions / in the hands of bad people / terrible weapons.

25 Nov

Sunrise viewed / through the ice crystals / on my car.

Twoku: Viewing the sunrise / through the ice crystals that grew / on my car last night. Whoops, I did it again! No, no, not the Brittany Spears song… I’m…

21 Nov

Swan song of the leaves / a final act of beauty / then fall to their death.

Too many / days now live in / infamy. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages

15 Nov

Yet another day / joins its predecessors to / live in infamy.

Twoku: Too many / days now live in / infamy. We all know the terror and atrocities that have been committed by zealots and radicals over the past few days,…

View of morning sky / through twisted limbs of the old / Japanese maple. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages

07 Nov

View of morning sky / through leaves, twisted limbs of old / Japanese maple.

31 Oct

All the characters / some fearsome, some fabulous / out to play today!

29 Oct

October cricket / rubs his thin legs together / keeping himself warm.

28 Oct

Foliage colors / across the still lake water / lit by the dawn sky.

19 Oct

Dawn below freezing / sudden, chilling reminder / winter follows fall.

17 Oct

The proud red maples / their faces first to redden / as they take their leave.

25 Sep

Autumn’s faded hues / at season’s end replacing / Summer’s brilliant blues.

23 Sep

Though it ain’t over / till it’s over, apparently / it’s over today.

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…

09 Sep

Bumble bee observed / pollinating all flowers / without prejudice.

Twoku: Bumble bee / adores the flowers / of all kinds. This morning, and on other mornings, I watched this pollen-laden bumble bee showing his interest in, and adoration of,…

06 Sep

There is nothing coy / about appetites, desires / of ravenous koi.

Twoku: Nothing coy / about eager koi / when hungry. The eyesight of koi fish is good enough, that the pond full of them moves as one towards the closest…

02 Sep

Ahead, the bald man / top down, smoke, phone, loud music / for me to enjoy.

Yes, the license plate in the image was edited, to protect the guilty (and for a laugh). – the Haikook

31 Aug

Scurvy elephant / his next adventure outside / erroneous zones.

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…

Crave Craven? / Now there are only / past horrors. // haiku haikumages