FARfetched's Haiku Corner

Too Much Heat

2010-07-02T11:29:00.001-04:00

The outdoor sauna:
Planet Georgia in summer.
Let's all get naked!

On the Strand

2010-03-14T19:31:00.002-04:00

Inspired by a post/photo by JimF and AndiF

Following the scent
Between water and water
Find spring at the point?

Flurry

2010-01-03T09:17:00.001-05:00

Glitter in the air:
Snowflakes dancing in the sun?
Or fairies dancing?

Skyline change

2009-06-23T21:59:00.001-04:00

Along the highway,
A needle pierces the sky:
Antenna tower.

Mind-numbing

2009-04-03T23:48:00.001-04:00

Looking for coffee
After a presentation
To reboot my brain.

Of Male Vanity

2009-04-01T21:51:00.000-04:00

45 degrees:
Tattooed guy in a tank top
Shows off his physique?

Wasted effort

2009-04-01T16:23:00.000-04:00

So many haters
Who don't understand Twitter
So they must bash it.

Evening colors

2009-03-05T10:38:00.001-05:00

Thin clouds in the west.
Sunset smears them with color:
God’s own finger paint.

Frosty morning

2009-01-12T22:10:00.001-05:00

Heavy frost descends.
Haloes limn sunlit road signs;
Meadows painted white.

Cornfield in winter

2008-12-20T13:14:00.001-05:00

A thin mist, sunlit
Blurs the sharp corn stalk edges.
Soft focus on death.

Political Epiphany

2008-10-30T22:35:00.002-04:00

Even God Himself
Must struggle with False Witness
And Willful Ignorance.

Picnic

2008-10-18T20:48:00.001-04:00

In a pecan’s shade,
A lazy groundhog reaches
For more fallen nuts.

That Skinks

2008-10-05T14:58:00.002-04:00

A flash of movement:
Blue-tailed skink on the concrete,
Pauses — slips away.

Too soon! Too soon!

2008-08-12T22:00:00.001-04:00

Yawning and blinking,
Students stand along the road
Waiting for the bus.

Working senryu

2008-06-13T15:18:00.001-04:00

Back-to-back meetings:
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Yes, Fridays can suck.

Chilly moldy senryu

2008-05-28T17:41:00.002-04:00

Cleaning out the fridge:
The theme song to "Weird Science"
Running through my head.

Grimy senryu

2008-05-07T11:12:00.002-04:00

I would wash the bike —
But Mrs. Fetched would insist
I wash her car, too.

Night-night

2008-04-26T17:49:00.002-04:00

Softness on softness:
Cherry blossoms fall to sleep
On a bed of moss.

On a sidewalk

2008-04-13T22:45:00.001-04:00

Warm southerly breeze.
A tree caresses my hair,
As I walk beneath.

Oooookayyyy

2008-02-16T19:30:00.000-05:00

A Chinese seamstress
Said to my Daughter Dearest:
"Your boobs are heavy."

Winter on Planet Georgia

2008-01-16T23:26:00.000-05:00

Heavy, wet white flakes,
Turning green pine limbs to white.
Snow swirls on the road.

Bony

2008-01-04T21:54:00.001-05:00

Tall woman jogging.
Are her breasts really smaller
Than her knobby knees???

But It's Year-Round

2008-01-04T00:06:00.000-05:00

Her quick refusal
Summons the deep winter chill
Into our bedroom.

Dead Chicken Senryu (w/video)

2007-12-26T18:47:00.000-05:00

Not for weak stomachs. Text of the senryu is below if you don't want to see the video.

At the chicken house:
Dung and decay fill the air.
How appetizing!

More Christmas senryu

2007-12-25T09:44:00.000-05:00

When I was younger,
I would be the first one up
On Christmas morning.

Another either/or

2007-12-19T08:34:00.000-05:00

Pattering on leaves:
Raindrops falling from the roof?
Or a swarm of mice?

Christmas senryu

2007-12-17T22:50:00.000-05:00

Long string of red lights:
A Christmas decoration?
or traffic at night?

Tra-la

2007-12-17T22:49:00.000-05:00

The choir director
Pauses, then gives the downbeat.
The music begins.

Duck!

2007-12-17T22:47:00.000-05:00

Mallards on patrol,
One December afternoon.
A bored hawk watches.

I literally flushed the hawk out of his perch above the sidewalk. I was paying attention to the ducks, so didn’t see him until he swooped overhead on his way to a safer tree. The ducks didn’t seem to be too worried about the hawk.

Record highs

2007-12-11T19:20:00.000-05:00

December warm spell.
And yet the air remembers
Its seasonal chill.

Disappearing Act

2007-12-02T20:23:00.000-05:00

A white church steeple,
Its cross nigh invisible
In a winter sky.

Dust, or…

2007-11-30T20:43:00.000-05:00

Sparkles in the air,
Dust motes lifted by sunlight —
Or fairies dancing?

Untitled

2007-11-18T23:37:00.000-05:00

From two deep, dark pools:
A hunger reaches toward me,
Yet unrealized.

Indian Summer

2007-11-18T23:35:00.000-05:00

Crickets sing slowly;
Warm November afternoon.
Sky promises rain.

Something more traditional

2007-03-31T09:26:00.000-04:00

Cherry blossom scent,
carried on the cool spring wind:
Honeybees swarming.

The Unseen

2006-10-31T21:17:00.000-05:00

This week’s prompt from One Deep Breath is about the unseen.

O Inspiration,
Driving me with whips of thought
To write it all down.

A damp autumn breeze
Whispers promises and threats
Of winter coming.

It would be too easy to write only about things I can’t find, that’s been a constant in my life, but I would also be remiss to not acknowledge it once…

Where is my cellphone?
I could have sworn it was here!
Call it and listen.

The Countryside

2006-10-09T23:08:00.000-04:00

This week’s prompt from One Deep Breath “visits the countryside.” Since I live in the country, next to in-laws with a working chicken farm, I get up-close and personal (too much so, far too often) with life in the countryside. Three rather snarky senryu come to mind.

Crickets, katydids
Weave their magic nightsong…
Beagles break the spell.

Twenty-four/seven:
Farmers sacrifice their time
To feed the world.

Filthy, crowded, hot:
A scene from the depths of Hell?
No, a chicken house.

Many of my previous haiku and senryu also deal with rural themes: exurban encroachment, night near a pond, foggy morning roads, foggy evening roads, buzzards, kudzu, grain fields, raptors, livestock, fishing. I’m honored to share them with you.

Waxing crescent

2006-08-25T21:32:00.000-04:00

A sliver of moon
Hung in hazy evening sky:
Heaven’s boomerang.

Night song

2006-08-25T21:31:00.000-04:00

After a hard rain:
Song of frog and cicada
Pierces the night fog.

Music

2006-08-21T22:41:00.000-04:00

The weekly prompt from One Deep Breath is about the role that music plays in our lives. Thanks to Crafty Green Poet for showing me the link.

Evening on the pond.
A lullaby for the sun,
by the insect choir.

Shaking the mirrors:
Deep techno beats in my car!
I dance in my seat.

Unseasonable

2006-08-12T22:45:00.000-04:00

A cool afternoon.
The calendar says August —
The sky, October.

Shelter

2006-08-12T14:31:00.000-04:00

A bird takes shelter
Under a pokeberry leaf,
In the summer rain.

Artist

2006-06-13T23:26:00.000-04:00

A willow bends down,
Drawing gentle green ripples
In the pond below.

Goaltender

2006-05-05T20:55:00.000-04:00

A pine tree stands guard
Over a basketball goal,
Dunking its needles.

Dogwood at night

2006-04-13T23:39:00.000-04:00

A warm full moon night.
Spots against the indigo:
Pale dogwood blossoms.

Clover

2006-04-13T23:14:00.000-04:00

Along the roadside —
Clover blooming in a field:
Green speckled with white.

Phew

2006-04-13T23:13:00.000-04:00

Behind a fence,
Portable outhouses sprout
Like stinky flowers.

Cash crop

2006-04-13T20:54:00.000-04:00

The cattle are gone.
Now a crop of houses grow
In the old pasture.

Pollen

2006-03-17T22:03:00.000-05:00

Gusty morning winds,
Lift yellow clouds of pollen
From a row of pines.

Snooze

2006-03-15T06:56:00.000-05:00

An overweight cat
Sleeping soundly in my lap —
Purring or snoring?

The Longest Yard

2006-03-14T19:58:00.000-05:00

Highway median,
An endless strip of green grass —
The longest yard.

Wakeup call

2006-03-14T07:52:00.000-05:00

Bright morning sunshine —
Pushing through the window blinds,
Lifts me out of bed.

Barefoot

2006-03-14T07:50:00.000-05:00

Barefoot in the grass,
Celebrating the new spring —
The bugs dance with me.

Moving day

2006-03-13T21:18:00.000-05:00

A string of warm days!
The potted herbs come outside,
For sun and fresh air.

Yard work

2006-03-12T23:01:00.000-05:00

Some weeds try a bribe,
Offer flowers or berries...
Pull up or mow down?

Before the robin

2006-02-25T22:39:00.000-05:00

A late-winter night:
The sound of young frogs peeping
From a distant pond.

Progress?

2006-02-25T19:34:00.000-05:00

A highway work site.
Orange construction barrels
instead of flowers.

State of the Union

2006-02-01T00:12:00.000-05:00

State of the Union:
Saying it’s all wonderful,
Doesn’t make it so.

Separation anxiety

2006-01-30T22:20:00.000-05:00

The Boy has left home,
A year before he should have.
We have to let go.

Payback

2006-01-29T01:00:00.000-05:00

Sitting on a stump —
Pine sap sticks to seat of pants!
Set the stump on fire!

One-sided

2006-01-29T00:59:00.000-05:00

A January night,
Standing before a bonfire:
Hot front, chilly back.

Abandoned house

2006-01-25T21:29:00.000-05:00

Standing forgotten:
A dilapidated house
Awaits the ’dozer.

HORACE FINKLE - Teen Ghost: Horace's Haikus

2006-01-25T10:25:00.000-05:00

Young ghost finds haiku!
“Dead Poets’ Society”
Has a new meaning.

In honor of HORACE FINKLE - Teen Ghost: Horace's Haikus.

Lunar ring

2006-01-10T21:51:00.000-05:00

Full moon overhead,
Hub of a wheel in the sky:
A wide ring of fog.

Indoor chimney

2006-01-10T07:25:00.000-05:00

Faint tendrils of steam,
Rising from a coffee pot:
An indoor chimney.

Another holiday senryu

2005-12-25T18:50:00.000-05:00

Why not just call it
“Christeidholikwanzukah"
Instead of fighting?

Holiday senryu

2005-12-25T18:48:00.000-05:00

On Christmas morning,
A house full of teenagers
Sleeps like the adults.

Winter branches

2005-12-19T20:24:00.000-05:00

Skeletal branches,
Seem to claw at the dark clouds
That cover the sun.

Crystal fairyland

2005-12-15T23:48:00.000-05:00

Crystal fairyland,
Sparkling in the winter sun —
And gone in a day.

Recycling (a senryu)

2005-12-15T11:05:00.000-05:00

Last night’s cold coffee,
Brewed by visitor request,
Nuked — and warm again.

Greeting

2005-11-20T22:58:00.000-05:00

Call the lazy dog —
A single flap of his tail
The only reply.

Health issues (a rude senryu)

2005-11-18T12:32:00.000-05:00

One pill each morning,
Checking blood pressure daily —
Getting old blows toads.

Morning (senryu)

2005-11-14T09:48:00.000-05:00

Empty already?
I could use some more coffee,
Fog has not lifted.

Mirror, mirror

2005-11-12T21:42:00.000-05:00

Cold November morn!
A crumbling barn's reflection
In a misty pond.

Mystery nuke

2005-11-11T21:40:00.000-05:00

Here, a mystery:
The microwave heats the ribs,
But not the creamed corn.

Software blues (a senryu)

2005-11-11T21:39:00.000-05:00

Again, no update —
Time to look for something else.
Migration migraines!

Cirrus

2005-11-11T01:02:00.000-05:00

Against the blue sky,
Taking their time, high above:
Wispy cirrus clouds.

Changing leaves, leaving

2005-11-10T22:00:00.000-05:00

One day, green and brown.
The next, a riot of color:
But the wind comes soon.

Bus stop

2005-10-26T22:37:00.000-04:00

Like a mother hen,
Followed by a string of chicks:
A plodding school bus.

Oh yeah (a senryu)

2005-10-25T21:00:00.000-04:00

The smell of onions,
Diced for last night’s chili dogs:
Lingers on my hand.

Boom

2005-10-25T20:59:00.001-04:00

Angry thunderstorms
Lash out with electric claws —
And bless us with rain.

Evening

2005-10-25T20:59:00.000-04:00

Over the pine trees,
The setting sun placed a crown —
A golden aura.

Too soon

2005-10-24T18:47:00.000-04:00

November too soon.
A chill, cloudy windy day
Promises winter.

Damp caress

2005-10-11T20:57:00.000-04:00

A pale pink sunrise.
Fog encroaches on the road —
Autumn’s damp caress.

October Sunset

2005-10-08T20:58:00.000-04:00

October sunset,
Painted the horizon gold,
And the clouds purple.

Falling limb

2005-10-08T17:14:00.000-04:00

Snapping noise nearby:
A limb slithers from an oak.
Dogs rush in barking.

Stubby

2005-10-08T17:13:00.000-04:00

Near lost in shadow,
A chickadee is perching
On a stubby branch.

Jay

2005-10-08T17:09:00.000-04:00

Off in the distance,
Above the sound of fall wind:
A blue jay screeches.

Puffs

2005-10-08T17:08:00.000-04:00

Floating on the wind,
Little white feathery seeds
Drift by my hammock.

Soar

2005-10-08T17:07:00.000-04:00

Against the blue sky,
Taking their time, high above:
A flock of buzzards.

A tribute (senryu)

2005-10-08T17:03:00.000-04:00

Edgar Allan Poe:
His demons tormented him
Before he was dead.

Don’t miss Carnacki’s tribute.

Foggy darkness

2005-10-06T23:07:00.000-04:00

On the road tonight,
It seems completely different
In foggy darkness.

Thanks, guys

2005-10-06T21:31:00.000-04:00

Cops direct traffic,
Standing in tropical rain
In front of a school.

Qualifications (a senryu)

2005-10-05T22:51:00.000-04:00

That which makes a geek
Is what is between the ears —
Not in the toy box.

Goldenrod blooming

2005-10-02T17:04:00.000-04:00

A splash of yellow,
Against the browns and dull greens:
Goldenrod blooming.

Confidence

2005-10-01T18:18:00.000-04:00

A fallen red leaf,
Calls its brothers and sisters:
“We’ll cover the world!”

Threatening weather

2005-10-01T14:18:00.000-04:00

A bruise-colored sky,
Air carries the smell of rain —
Dusky at noontime.

At last

2005-09-26T19:55:00.000-04:00

End of September,
Waking to the sound of rain —
The drought is over!

More office senryu

2005-09-26T19:49:00.000-04:00

Bleak, sterile white walls;
Projector whispers and whines —
Another meeting.

Climbers

2005-09-24T19:14:00.000-04:00

On a chain-link fence,
Working their way through the mesh:
Honeysuckle vines.