a sunken barge
rusting in the shallows–
summer afternoon
a spot of sunlight–
on a blade of grass the dragonfly
changes its grip
silent prayer–
the quiet humming
of the ceiling fan
summer morning –
a withered bluebell
loggers left behind
summer harbor–
each boat pointing
to the storm
prairie farmhouse–
two empty lawn chairs
facing the blacktop
his room empty now . . .
in the distance, points of light
on the interstate
midday heat
the staccato staccato
of a nail gun
“a spot of sunlight,” “silent prayer” & “his room empty now” – Fresh Scent
“prairie farmhouse” – Frogpond XXVII: 1; “summer morning” – Global Haiku
“a sunken barge” – snow on the water: rma 1998; Modern Haiku XXIX: 3
“summer harbor” – pegging the wind: rma 2002; Haiku International Anthology
“midday heat” – tug of the current: rma 2004; Modern Haiku XXXV:1
by dagosan
waking up from Labor Day–
the birdsong and breezes
of Spring
[Sept. 6, 2005]
potluck
–embarrassment: If you saw my introduction of haiku poet Lee Gurga
on Aug. 30th, you know that I very much respect him and his work. Naturally,
I hoped that he was pleased with the first f/k/a post featuring Lee as an Honored
Guest Poet. He and I have never met and had our first contact by email less than
two weeks ago. You can probably appreciate how embarrassing it was for me to
receive an email from him on Saturday, saying “Is this a joke? Every time I try to
pornographic website.” Neither he nor I found this predicament to be amusing. I
had no explanation other than his browser having be “hijacked” by some sort of
computer virus. Of course, I immediately pled not guilty. Later in the day, when
Lee tried repeatedly to get access to the post, he found that he could not access
this site at all — an annoying problem that seems to happen a lot with our webserver
(are you listening Harvard Webmasters?). It’s all pretty frustrating.
Having typed out this vent, I just thought how petty it is compared to the
post-Katrina world of hundreds of thousands of Americans. I’m going to
leave this blurb here to remind me of my many blessings.
is now a star Poker Player. I’ve been trying to remember the first
movie in which I saw Ms. Tilly. Checking her filmography at IMDB,
my memory was refreshed — it was The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989,
as “Monica” Moran. I definitely remember her role in Woody Allen’s
Bullets Over Broadway, for which she received an Oscar nomination
(Supporting Actress) in 1994. Steve Bainbridge apparently is not a big
fan of her role as Tiffany in recent Chucky movies. I’ve never seen
or heard her in them, so I can’t disagree with Prof. B. Of course, I’ve
had a crush for a long time on her very talented little sister, Meg Tilly.
If it weren’t for 
