ㅁ I'm digging a hole. I think I'll put in some stairs. Meanwhile, it's labor.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Category: Haikuish Objects
Caveat: Poem #1429 “Gazing down Eleventh Street”
ㅁ Fog recalls childhood I sit by that gray window Wait for time to pass
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1426 “The geofictician”
ㅁ I could dream of lines and mold them into mountains, then add some nice towns
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1423 “Switching sides”
ㅁ The deer goes westbound. I'm watching the road outside. Then the bear goes east.
– a pseudo haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1421 “Culinary announcement”
ㅁ I made some fish soup. It's a Chilean chowder: spicy and creamy.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1419 “Over on the north side”
ㅁ along six-mile hill the wind feinted from the sea the trees lashed and waved
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1418 “Safe and sound”
ㅁ a blue fishing boat parked in the inlet last night expecting some rain
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1416 “Repetition makes it true”
ㅁ With a lot to say, but small vocabularies, the birds greet the day.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1413 “The potentiality of stones”
ㅁ the stones stand, ruins of unknowable planets spiraling outward
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1411 “Won’t you be my neighbor?”
ㅁ I took a short walk, surveying the neighborhood. Who's there? Trees, birds, bears.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1410 “The sun’s sneaky prank”
ㅁ Looking out, there's rain. Looking out, the sun appears. No. Just the rain falls.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1408 “Preparing for a garden”
ㅁ The dirt must be made. The rainforest has poor soil. So I mix in stuff.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1406 “The laconic uncle”
ㅁ Always the same words. Never hears what I'm saying. Tells nothing of plans.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1404 “Projection”
ㅁ Across the water there's this one cloud, just hanging, unsure where to go.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1402 “Oh, hello”
ㅁ the kitchen window making oatmeal, looking out a young deer strolled by
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1400 “An excursion in the boat”
ㅁ A fleet of otters Took possession of waters Just east of San Juan We saw some whales there In the small cove at Black Beach Diving and spouting An eagle was perched On a stone near an alder Supervising things Oceanic swells Crept up Ursua Channel Tasting all the boats Jellyfish sliced by Reflecting sporadic light Through the greenish murk Some white bellied ducks Swam in lazy formation Amid stray sparkles The surging sea rolled At San Ignacio's south Gnawing fine gray rocks The sun hid itself The clouds made intricate plans To send us their rain Another eagle Floated above the whitecaps Then knelt; caught a fish No fish saw our hooks Instead we dreamed about them The sea sang its depths
– a collection of pseudo-haiku forming stanzas in a longer poem.
Caveat: Poem #1398 “Against poetry”
ㅁ Some days, there's no poem. The world is recalcitrant. Instead, I put words.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1393 “Edges”
ㅁ Precipitous days: right along the edge of clouds: precipitation.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1391 “A picture”
ㅁ Hello blue flowers. Please discuss your appearance. Use one thousand words.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1387 “Obviously”
ㅁ I went to the road. There I found a thing to say. And so I said it.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1385 “Hang your soul out to dry”
ㅁ Morning swallows dreams. The dawn dries out the damp soul. A stone catches sun.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1382 “Id”
ㅁ Lately I dream more. These are reality's roots. I pull them up. Look.
– an pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1379 “Against apophenia”
ㅁ Gaze out this window. See the sea's exhalations. Doubt the air's meanings.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1378 “Laconicity”
ㅁ living with someone who denies a slight deafness you learn to not say
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1375 “Distributions”
ㅁ The sun shone on me. A cloud, deep and gray, passed by. Rain was scattered round.
– a pseudo-haiku
Caveat: Poem #1371 “Alternatives”
ㅁ I dreamed it, vivid though I had never lived there the streets, sky, people
– a pseudo-haiku
Caveat: Poem #1366 “Fresh start”
ㅁ the rain washed it all the trees the stones the birds' songs the morning was clean
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1362 “Always just starting things”
ㅁ Easy to start things... Harder to make some progress: Other things get started.
– a pseudo-haiku
Caveat: Poem #1356 “Last night’s detour”
ㅁ Most nights I sleep fine. A quick trip from dusk to dawn. Then, last night, awake.
– a pseudo-haiku
Caveat: Poem #1353 “The rainforest’s shore”
ㅁ The rain had returned. A luminous dusk showed mist. The sea tasted rocks.
– a pseudo-haiku
Caveat: Poem #1349 “The beast outside”
ㅁ I got up early. The purpleness of pre-dawn Groped my windows.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #1336 “Immolation of the self”
ㅁ negativity infests the mind with grim thoughts but serves no purpose
– a pseudo-haiku
Caveat: Poem #1335 “Gone viral”
ㅁ The virus makes claims against people's awareness, but I'm just the same.
– a pseudo-haiku