HAIKU II
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SCRAWLMARK PUBLISHING
Moorhead, Minnesota
The FISHHOOK Group
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Haiku II
Copyright 1980--(C)1999
by FISHHOOK and Dennis M. Hammes
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for Roxanne
the /kami/ of this place
hagakure-no
asaboshi yoboshi
kao o tsubutsu
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201
I would sing of you --
the dragonfly is quick
the mayfly too
202
between two moons
fire blossoms burst
and then two moons
203
two cigarettes we smoke
between two moons --
fish smack!
204
bricks creak in the breeze
a siren flashes the street
-- and I write these!
205
wind barely whistles :
tall Dempster pumps and pumps
bright purple thistles
206
three days' rain
and still those blossoms cling
to smell of rain
207
in my lamp's flame
your shadow's dancing
is the same
208
robin, too, stops digging
to hurry the long sun
with water-pigging
209
lightning scurry
signs these wet colors
still in a hurry
210
grumbling gray skies :
Monarch quits his keep
to spread sunrise
211
cold nose, thump of fur
and loneliness plus lonely
equals purr
212
so black warm kit
you hide your nose from winter
in my armpit?
213
the wheat grows
so broad the whacking tractor
won't scare crows
214
lakeshore arush
from mist to mist with silt :
one tern, one splash -- one fish!
215
they too sip the sky
and spit out wings? snapdragons :
azure butterfly
216
out of the night's
quick whack of wings, a bat
a glimpse of sight
217
the tree toad speaks --
how very large he is
until he squeaks
218
dry cocoon :
a small white moth
beneath the moon
219
now I discover
that I may grow into both
lilac and lover
220
by this gleamong log
two moons study a lily --
sure I heard a frog!
221
Minaguchi-ya :
tsuwamono-domo ga
yume-no ato
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[Minaguchi-ya :
[warriors' splendid
[dreams' aftermath
Founded by a displaced samurai, Minaguchi-ya is a
traditional inn at Okitsu, held by that family for 400
years. The plagiarism of Basho is strictly intentional;
for translation and discussion, see Henderson, Harold G.
/Haiku/. Anchor Books, 1958.
222
hot sandstone hill
waterfall of popple
-- whippoorwill!
223
in father's grave park
the great blue stone, crabapple,
western meadowlark
224
western meadowlark!
even the striped ground squirrels
sit up in the park
225
all the swollen brooks :
winter marches to Dunquerque
and no one looks
226
moon over the moon
turning earth will take away
so soon
227
moon over the moon
and I am writing verses
all alone
228
moon over the moon
dreams that wandered empty fields
return to the pen
229
two blue and white skies
a yellow flower to pick
-- it flies!
230
do red snapdragons
or is it the white ones that
spit blue butterflies?
231
silence and the moon
and in the street's five taverns
they yell for a tune
232
old rope bridge, old rock
and I make company
that crawl become walk
233
sparrows thick as plums
once again the air is filled
and the ground turns white
234
to grow old this way --
the wreath, the horn, the volley
Memorial Day
235
there isn't a light
on the whole heavy prairie
but the stars tonight
236
ugly old jack pine
how wide my little yard
if it blew down
237
no word was said
you . . . me . . .
apple overhead
238
same water :
white lilies, yellow lilies
-- fish smack!
239
lilacs for my wife :
this one or this one or this one
-- put away my knife
240
wings not yet dry --
Monarch, give back my soul
before you fly
241
pencil, book of laws
whetstone drying by the lamp
cat chews at his claws
242
the water of law
spreads thin on mountain pebbles
that will never thaw
on the plains the thin cattle
butt calves for a little straw
243
how different the eye
that slants to praise
this moon, this sky
244
draws bees from flying
that blue and all that blue --
dandelion
245
yoyo bee mining
bloom and sky and bloom and sky
and all that whining
246
two moons and river
something shrugs and goes back deep --
the surface shivers
247
valley lily too
grows faster leaning the house
with nothing to do
248
how it plays possum
to fill us with butterflies --
the apple blossom
249
hagakure-no
asaboshi yoboshi
kao o tsubutsu
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Code of bushi's
[work from] morning stars [to] evening stars
crushing of face
250
footprints in the snow --
no set of them exactly
where the others go
251
the spider too
circles these papers
finding no meat
252
meditation hears
dust on cricket wings
squeaking gears
253
junkyard where I sit
in the treehouse
and watch the parts fit
254
moon skinnydipping
and the new half polliwogs
cool and ping
255
black ice and you
moon
skates too
256
red leaf clicking
the study window screen
wristwatch ticking
257
march wind
winter
waves a butterfly
258
time clock
shoots
minutes
259
red tulip soars
behind that snowbank --
Maggie's Drawers
260
how it plays possum
to fill us with butterflies --
the apple blossom
261
so hot the soil
spits grasshopper soot
and frogs need oil
262
yellow leaf, blue sky
a little wind --
butterfly
263
geese cup the air
and slant in toward the pond
though trees are bare
264
geese in the treetops
whistle like gray bullets
toward their new homes
265
two moons
and only the gray geese
to break the silence
266
yellow leaf
clinging to that branch --
autumn sunset
267
is apple blossom
less beautiful
for flying -- ?
268
you whose ripples
never stop
jumped into my pond
269
even the gulls
sound like the pulleys
of a sailboat
270
Snow like moths
or moths like snow?
around the streetlamp.
271
Trees white on the west
winter giving lessons
in jest
272
Young girl
old song
who sings?
273
Black cat
stares out the window
at white...
274
Black Kitty fur:
You need but touch it
To get purr
275
Kitty wrapped in fur
But the naked ape
Went to the poles
276
Without a feather
The naked ape
Goes to space
277
Man too will die
To stand on a place:
Lunar footprint
278
Man too will die
To stand on a place:
This flag...
279
This flag
Carefree in the breeze
So much blood
280
kitten climbs my shoe
looking over all the world
for things to do
281
kitten climbs my shoe
looking over all the world
for more than you
282
small green cherry
bomb explodes
into a peony
283
under his gray
explosion of blue
jay
284
rain falling softly
leaves of the sunflower
waving back...
285
poetry:
the rain falls softly
on empty gardens
286
sun shines merrily
on children's swings
and garbage cans
287
black cat, blackbird
eye each other for the
rain in a rut
288
kitten sings
for his supper
to other kittens
289
old artillery shell
is now a paperweight
for new poems
290
thunder and flashing
clouds in a line --
the band is coming!
291
mirror pool
maples
all catsup-cool
292
kitten's wise
smile
crushes chicken thighs
293
student leaves his books
to crawl the pubs
for women's looks
294
boy devalues Dad
devalues every other
including the lad
295
cat in the window
satisfied to look
and let the world grow
296
three yellow leaves
on the brown lawn
the fog lingers
297
to these dead roots
add one spring:
iris!
298
I root these greens
to plant those:
"garden"
299
the flame goes out
the flame relights
and is the same
300
thunderstorm
my little desk
oil lamp
301
fat little Kitty
sleeping
by the furnace
302
window Kitty
watches squirrels
behind the screen
303
window Kitty
attack mode
for leaves
304
parked the car
opened the door
chicken cooking!
305
parked the car
opened the door
your clothes on the floor!
306
cat gives a yawn
it's east of midnight
you are gone
307
raucous crows
talk fall:
why do we have to?
308
wheat like a park
and the world is full
of one meadowlark
309
New Year's glow
as far as I can see
footless snow!
310
sun hot as grief
and on the office screen
one yellow leaf
311
earth still halts slough
at Kittyhawk
where iron first flew
312
moon things gleam
ripples from my pebble
move downstream
313
snow to the window
footprints to my door
you in my lap
314
forty below
even the moon
shrinks from the snow
315
forty below
gallon of lamp oil
words in a row
316
water on the breeze
my boots squish in the snow
past squeaking trees
317
oh, chicken and beans
but I set the other plate
to passing cats
318
street-corner gargoyles
chins on the March ground
sweat in the sun
319
spring sun
the gutters run
with gargoyle tears
320
the gargoyles weep
to see the spring sun
and curl up to sleep
321
rain atop the snow
(insult to injury)
but tulips glow
322
the squirrels' trick
on spiderwebs of wires --
they do not stick
323
eyes to have to see
little mouse has so much eye
he crawls into me
324
rain dumps
gray sky on gray trees
but the dryer thumps
325
gray rains
and at the window
cat complains
326
preservers of life
against the washer's assaults:
screwdriver and knife
327
first thunder
(must be first
so full of blunder)
328
orange moon
dimmed by the scent (?)
of lilac
329
mayfly dancers
when I announce I'm home
the Kitty answers
330
cat bored by the sun --
of all his friends
not one
331
first thunder
tries out the spring
with blunder
332
the trees stand up
from holes in snow --
world's whiskers
333
crows in the chaff
in gold trees, too
they laugh and laugh
334
gold trees, blue skies
blackbirds wheel
window kitty cries
335
snow in lumps
where iris bloomed --
the furnace thumps
336
brown irises
curled into fists
broken promises
337
black trees, gray sky
white ground --
black window kitty
338
blanket hump
beside the white window --
kitty lump
339
wind from the south
snow melting
in my mouth
340
midnight
your question
my candlelight
341
on the roof, ice cracks
Kitty jumps into my lap
the furnace clacks
342
on the roof, ice cracks
Kitty sleeping by My Chair
the keyboard clacks
343
storm came today
too early to wake tulips
-- snow slunk away
344
lone black crow
picking at the ground
finds only snow
345
Venus pulls the dawn
up from the earth
but then is gone
346
the only purpose
of the mica on this rock
to hold my wonder?
347
spring sky
explodes with a Kitty
chasing a fly
348
so high the sky
but every drop
a bullseye!
349
what flower is that
among the pansies?
-- calico cat!
350
after the lightning
and the tap of rain
full moon
351
the black of June
and daisies
in the moon
352
afternoon so warm
but now leaves and petals
hear a storm
353
I hear my brains
and this candle
between trains
354
three crows settle
on a ripe red squirrel --
August heat
355
sunrise
flees examination
bad idea
356
called to you
to watch the sunrise
gray
357
flake on flake on flake
snow covers my garden
mistake
358
snow today
even the crow
is gray
359
this milk-quartz snow!
through iron dendrite trees
moves one gray crow
360
imagine that!
new snow, and footprints lead to
one black cat!
361
so cold
the hills pull quilts of snow
to shoulders
362
so white the snow
the picture waits
for one black crow
363
so still the snow
but where it rises
over those sparrows
364
your empty chair
a thin fishnet
of Kitty hair
365
dog with a fender --
goes from boy to boy to find
a spring weekender
366
the child declines --
now hear universe collapse
as mommy whines
367
a harried clerk
and I agree we heard
the meadowlark
368
I wonder
who woke me up to visit --
spring thunder
369
kids still in school
and all the apple
blossoms in the pool
370
too tired to be it
the ruffled iris wilted
with none to see it
371
and where are you
whose joy became the tulips
the rabbits chew?
372
you would not see
so in my living room
huge pink peony
373
the preachers rave
while in my little garden
the iris wave
374
cat jerks to bird
while on my piano
Mozart unheard
375
Chopin maybe
but you
goo at the baby
376
small leaves and curled
even the rhubarb
detests your world
377
despite the rabbit
this little lilac
by habit
378
civics in school
salvationists drool
lilac, be cruel
379
we have no teeth
who fire the volley
and toss the wreath
380
piano and sword
behind the chair you fawned
the meat you adored
381
Jeezuss in sight
but your son
cannot write
382
small peonies droop
another year
of bean soup
383
Chicago knife
Scotch green pad
and no wife
384
new slave to man
from June to August
electric fan
385
no pup, no tup
but
coffee cup
386
freezer's chill
can-opener's skill
forget to kill
387
such a skirl
to tell the world
one-third of squirrel
388
the whole branch whirls
with giant pussy willow
two horny squirrels
389
and yet
from the broken sidewalk
this violet
390
children scream the mall
dusty piano keys
sword on the wall
391
single bloom
big enough
to fill the room
392
rusting metal
one
peony petal
393
and as for that
this
sleeping cat
394
iris so fleet
squirrel
would rather eat
395
evening train
bicycle standing
in the rain
396
computer crash
swat the switch
take out the trash
397
hot gray city
warm wet desk fan
window kitty
398
talk
talk
worm on the walk
399
you too above
my little alley
mourning dove
400
leaves like mice
skitter south along the street
the smell of ice
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