simply senryu: February 2006

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

II: 059

March 1
the shy bachelor wishes
it were Leap Year

Monday, February 27, 2006

II: 058

three-alarm baked apple:
cayenne pepper
by mistake

p.s. This happened to me last night.
Peridementia is not pretty.

Sunday, February 26, 2006

II: 057

full tummies
and empty bladders --
soon, vice-versa

*At f/k/a, I had an 87th birthday
tribute to my Dad today.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

II: 056

mom's genes
coffee talk
about achy joints

Friday, February 24, 2006

II: 055

two bags of oranges
fill his tiny fridge -
buy one get one free

Thursday, February 23, 2006

II: 054

winter olympics:
the dirty old man
knows his triple Axels

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

II: 053

dad's 87th birthday
emphysema
and dementia

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

II: 052

winter vacation --
not a yellow
bus in sight

Monday, February 20, 2006

II: 051

Presidents' Day -
boots and hats
two sizes too big

Sunday, February 19, 2006

II: 050

out of rock salt --
no cherry blossom haiku
today

Saturday, February 18, 2006

II: 049

downtown revival
block after block
no place to park

Friday, February 17, 2006

II: 048

an old man's coupons
stall the check-out line --
I saved two bucks!

Thursday, February 16, 2006

II: 047

she makes us
recycle --
and wants a bigger house

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

II: 046

Feb. 15
eating the entire
half-priced heart

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

II: 045

valentine tradition:
the biggest card
from mom

Monday, February 13, 2006

II: 044

the red-head girl
covers her gray --
charlie brown's empty mailbox

Sunday, February 12, 2006

II: 043

February 12
dinner at her place --
who gets the 14th?

Saturday, February 11, 2006

II: 042

no valentine's card --
my secret admirer
plays coy

Friday, February 10, 2006

II: 041

record-warm month --
nothing left
for an "early thaw"

Ed. Note: Isn't this a haiku, David?

Thursday, February 09, 2006

II: 040

her daily
bird seed ritual --
tabbby waits in the snow

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

II: 039

soup cans.......................roll....................across.............the lot
I told him
"not too full"

Note: Inspired by Georges Perec's 2005 novel A Void, I've asked
haijin to submit haiku that do not contain the letter "e," to my
weblog f/k/a. Perec did it for 300 pages, in his much-praised
novel.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

II: 038

turned toward the mirror -
never met
a haircut i liked

Monday, February 06, 2006

II: 037

first day of p/t -
all my parts
out of warranty

Sunday, February 05, 2006

II: 036

Super Bowl Party -
the aging bachelor
brings the beano

Saturday, February 04, 2006

II: 035

curtain call for
Grandpa Munster -
supine ovation

Friday, February 03, 2006

II: 034

"it's been years!" --
hoping I haven't
aged so poorly

Thursday, February 02, 2006

II: 033

Groundhog's Day -
our weatherman
hedges the weekend forecast

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

II: 032

sounding like
two old farts --
we two old farts

simply senryu