From time to time, I will post here some of my poems in my forthcoming book, HAIKU AND TANKA HARVEST until it is published. Here is a section on Senryu and Vanguard haiku.
A senryu a day drives your shrink insane. - V. P. Gendrano's aphorism.
Following are samples of senryu I have written and published these past five years.
texting while driving
he wakes in the hospital
with only one leg
Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011
Facebook
the new public place
to bare yourself
Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011
senior power
a cup of coffee
for fifty-nine cents
Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010
teacher's pet
she tutors her student
the art of love
Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010
lingering heat
the girl removes her new bra
to freedom
Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 3
May/June 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Haiku and Tanka Harvest
NEW BOOK NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT
My second book of poems is shaping up and now has over 100 pages already. Because the poems consists of only haiku and tanka, I tentatively titled the book HAIKU AND TANKA HARVEST, a slight variation of my blog’s name.
Included are my published articles on how I write both haiku and tanka. The poems are then arbitrarily grouped into seasonal, sequence, and multilingual. There are also several haiga (picture poems) throughout the book. The poems are all published and I have been posting them here for you my loyal readers as a kind of preview. More announcements coming.
My second book of poems is shaping up and now has over 100 pages already. Because the poems consists of only haiku and tanka, I tentatively titled the book HAIKU AND TANKA HARVEST, a slight variation of my blog’s name.
Included are my published articles on how I write both haiku and tanka. The poems are then arbitrarily grouped into seasonal, sequence, and multilingual. There are also several haiga (picture poems) throughout the book. The poems are all published and I have been posting them here for you my loyal readers as a kind of preview. More announcements coming.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Her absence
he dreads
the dark demons
that inhabit his dreams
each night that passes by
in her absence
Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 1
Jan/Feb. 2011
the dark demons
that inhabit his dreams
each night that passes by
in her absence
Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 1
Jan/Feb. 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Hospice visit
hospice visit
for the third time
she asks the name
of her daughter
holding her hand
Sketchbook Vol. 5, No. 2
March/April 2010
for the third time
she asks the name
of her daughter
holding her hand
Sketchbook Vol. 5, No. 2
March/April 2010
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Loneliness
often
I feel alone
amidst a crowd
still hard to fill the void
you left behind
Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010
I feel alone
amidst a crowd
still hard to fill the void
you left behind
Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Autumn wind
the autumn wind
scatters the dried leaves
in the family photo
her face is gradually
and slowly fading
Modern English Tanka
Vol. 2, No. 1. Autumn 2007
scatters the dried leaves
in the family photo
her face is gradually
and slowly fading
Modern English Tanka
Vol. 2, No. 1. Autumn 2007
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Discharged soldier
discharged soldier
he stares at his gun’s barrel
to nothingness
World Haiku Review
January .2011
1st Place, Vanguard Haiku
he stares at his gun’s barrel
to nothingness
World Haiku Review
January .2011
1st Place, Vanguard Haiku
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