Twoku: Not favored by fate / the recalcitrant raccoon / walking the wrong way. — 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: Scout, the little Finch / your mockingbird has been killed / we still hear its song. Threeku: Mocking bird / Scout, the little Finch / died today. (3-5-3) Fourku:…
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: 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,…
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… –…
Twoku: Tragic, untimely / painful, ongoing, sadly / one more leaves too soon. Yet another young person we knew — a man in his early twenties — left us today. …
A few days ago, my friend lost her son, after years of struggle, to a drug overdose. It is an epidemic of addiction, taking yet another life before its time. …
A 16-year-old boy died suddenly a few days ago. He was the brother of my daughter’s friend, a great kid, a rising star, and his death was innocent, of natural…
R.I.P. Robin Williams…
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