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| Avalanche forecast Forced skiers to abbreviate Their fun in the snow | Early night's slumber To not abbreviate sleep Avoid hellish day |
| We abbreviate To save time and space and breath But what do we lose? Th Hbrw lngg T bbrvt th wrds Vwls r rmvd | Artificial foods Can abbreviate your life Resist their sellers |
| Processed foods provide Abundance of calories But lack nutrition | Strong, constant yearning For an abundance of time, Energy, and rest |
| Abundance sounds good But often devolves into It's never enough. | Leaves in abundance Crunch underfoot on the trail Fall in Kentucky |
| Academics' pay Lags behind athletes' income Lopsided values | Dynamic teacher Inspires and motivates class Dream academics |
| Some academics Are so focused on details That they miss the joy. | When semesters end Academics sigh relief And await next term |
| Tiny green leaves grow As maple trees accommodate To the coming spring | I opened my heart To accommodate Snowy Love and joy blossomed |
| In relationships We give, get, ask, listen, love. We accommodate. | Semester's end sky Rains pleas to accommodate Months-long homework drought |
| Adherence to a De-floured diet important For being healthy | Values, laws, mores, Add safety, ease, and burdens Adherence helpful |
| Adherence to rules Is a great comfort to some. They have many rules. Adherence to rules? Yes. Good. But Beethoven asked How to best break them?! | Old habits possess The fullness of adherence Of a glue bottle |
| Adjacent states fight Over Kaveri river Water for farmers | Three story building Adjacent to little house Casts a dreary pall |
| Adjacent numbers Odd Even Odd Even Odd Like friendly neighbors. | Stirring deeds of sides, Opposite and adjacent: A Tale of Tangents |
| Adoption magic Anticipation growing To welcome you home | Opening of heart Brings love, learning, joy, and calm Adoption's rewards |
| Molière and Sunshine Came to us by adoption Our fine feline friends | Words seek adoption Eagerly hoping you will Give them a good poem |
| Fond memories of Caring for adorable, Cute baby brother | Babies and youngsters Adorable beyond doubt But mountain of work |
| Kids are innocent. Adorable even when Throwing a tantrum. | Nothing delights more My adorable daughter Than watching you laugh |
| Take advantage of Clear and cool early morning For a pleasant hike | Change disgruntles me But, haiku share time change brought Friendship advantage |
| Being white and male Gives me a real advantage. I try to share it. | Despite their having Majority advantage Some claim unfairness |
| Analytical, Creative, left or right brain It's not black and white | T-rump voter sheep Lack analytical brains Swallow bozo's shit |
| Analytical Is a five syllable word. Tricky for haiku | Parsing haikus helps Analytical poets Find their elements |
| Tennis is so fun Quick starts, stops and turns twist feet And strain anklebones | Dancing joyously, Beneath summer's starry sky, Anklebone power! |
| Talus tibias Dorsiflexion fibulas Anklebone stanzas | It is hard to solve Pangram puzzles when you have An anklebone break |
| Cyber robin hoods Anonymous hacktivists Oppose censorship | A kind, thoughtful act From an anonymous soul Warms like the sun's rays |
| When we're in a crowd We're mostly anonymous Yet we're all family. | By writing under Anonymous, one could make A name for oneself |
| Cool autumn morning Appreciate warm coffee Mug in hand, deep breath | I appreciate Life, family, friends, food, purring, Love, kindness, patience |
| Thank you very much. You are very generous. Appreciated! | Dear account balance, I don't appreciate when You lack interest. Dear Tempurpedic, I greatly appreciate Your constant support. |
| How not to die young? Avoid artificial foods Eat only plant based Processed foods contain Artificial flavors that Help me die sooner | Huge help and horror Artificial everything Plastic age sows death |
| Artificial dyes, Intelligence, and sweeteners. They're pure but lack love. | Into night's darkness Artificial lighting brings Sight and sleeplessness |
| Fall and spring beauty Nature's attentiveness to Earth orbiting sun | Keen attentiveness Bequeathed Aruna with skills Inga's food wisdom |
| Attentiveness is An essential element Of loving kindness. Attentiveness is Um ... wait what? ... yesterday I ... I will ... Who? Maybe. | Writing a haiku Requires attentiveness And a pangram word |
| Cruising the ocean Ship moans and creaks audibly Scares first timers | A mermaid mom sang Audibly to her child, a Bubbly lullaby |
| Cats are SO quiet Good for catching prey, and yet He audibly snores | While potable flowed, Galumph stumbled awkwardly, And audibly popped. |
| Auriculae send Sound waves into ear canal And eardrums vibrate | Cat auriculae Thirty two muscles apiece Hear better than dogs |
| Exhales from my nose Made his auriculae twitch. My dear loving cat. | SACSman's brain is fried Auriculae may be too From promotion work |
| Use automation To make excellent haikus? Humans are better | Machine convenience Automation serves people We serve the machine |
| Robots everywhere Automation does it all Life becomes artless. | Earth's revolution Celestial automation By gravitation |
| Tackling the backlog At home is difficult after A long, hard day at work | Entire life backlogged Complements of rusty years Slow body and mind |
| When there's a backlog Of paperwork and duties I get overwhelmed | Immigration law Creates decades-long backlog For many people |
| Bacteria are Everywhere, even on skin Glad we can't see them | Microscopic life Healthy gut bacteria Help us to flourish |
| Bacteria's task Undertaker for nature Decompose the dead | Diet of millions Consuming bacteria In every meal |
| Online dating sites Where vulnerable people Get bamboozled by cheats | Pretty packages Brightly colored and shiny Bamboozle shoppers |
| They seemed really nice I was fragile and confused Bamboozled I was. | Product descriptions Often aim to bamboozle Not inform readers |
| Indian weddings Banquet on banana leaf Delectable fare | Dear library card You are my golden ticket To finest banquet |
| For my memorial A yummy vegan banquet. Good for all creatures. | Banquet of haikus Served daily on our website Enjoy at leisure |
| Big budget needed For bibliomania During retirement | Library ebooks No bibliomania Clutter averted |
| All book lovers say Bibliomania may Cause great disarray | I could overcome My bibliomania But why lose good things? |
| Family is not Only biological Friends fill the role too | Beloved friends and pets Like biological kin Are family and more |
| We are not machines. We are biological. Birth, growth, decay, death. | Biological: Life forms that are logical? That excludes Chump fans. |
| The huge bivouac Resounds with crackling campfires And people's laughter | Beloved Pinnacles Unexpected bivouac Unforgettable |
| At the Capitol Protecting democracy Bivouacking soldiers | Tired, I emerge From promotion bivouac For fresh haiku air |
| It is tedious To sit through pre-game blather Before the match starts | Blather bothersome! Are nerves or deceit to blame? A masking of self? |
| He blathered Big Lies That incited a riot Bring on the lawsuits! | Let us require Campaign haiku, not speeches To prevent blather |
| Bogeymen: those who Score one over par in golf? Don't women play golf? | The worst boogeymen That I ever encountered Lurked within my mind. |
| Everybody knows Bogeymen pick big boogers From their biggy nose | Forget bogeymen They creep but in fictive nights Exorcise the Chump |
| I am dreaming of A bounteous harvest of Ripe, yummy guavas | Bounteous plastic Death sentence for life on earth Mass destruction tool |
| Being bounteous Consists not just in having But not wanting, too | Bounteous harvest Sweet aroma-filled warm air Blushing mango mounds |
| Boycotted clothing with Business logo on them; no Free advertising | Whales boycotted men Their cacophonous assault Aural misery |
| Trump Hotels were once Grand places. Now they're places To be boycotted. | The Bytecode Octet's Songs were hard to interpret I boycotted them |
| Spontaneous trip Buoyant and happy drive to Snowshoe for first time | Buoyant, fluffy clouds Skimming gaily overhead To sprinkle snowflakes |
| I'm at Walden Pond Buoyantly swimming naked. Thoreau would approve. | By this time next year Maybe we'll be made buoyant Needle by needle |
| Comedians love Performing for audience Cachinnation thrills | Cachinnation heard All the way from Kentucky Guffaws of relief |
| The cachinnation Reverberated throughout The comedy club. | Moments when sudden Cachinnation takes over Make fun memories |
| The calculator Is ubiquitous in phones No more mental math | Kind calculator A 1960 model Tallies and emotes! |
| TI-1200 [First calculator] Cheap, hand held, fast and ... it's right! The slide rule is dead. | School arithmetic: Adding a calculator Subtracts from learning |
| In this pandemic Calendar has been vital To track days of week | Births, deaths, and events, Our reasons for remembrance Logged in calendar |
| I'm not too busy. My calendar is open. I like it that way. | The parade of days Marches through the calendar No stops on the route |
| Restrictive diets Made me crave calorific Fried foods and ice cream | Ice cream's terrific Summer's best calorific Spoons down, just lick it! |
| Deep fried Oreos Are not simply caloric They're calorific. | Don't eat this pangram While it is calorific It lacks nutrients |
| Wake early to see Rare carnival of planets Parading the skies | Lively, fit dancers Captivate carnival crowd Inject color, cheer |
| Carnivals are fun! Junk food and upside down rides. Regurgitation | Racing off the page Bradbury's carnival train Whistles into minds |
| I celebrate dawn With a strong cup of coffee Drug of choice for brain | Scorned by teenage me Bedtime is now a reason To celebrate zees |
| How to celebrate? Cheer, raise arms, high fives, pump fists, Big hugs, eat and drink. | Let us celebrate January twentieth Writing harriskus |
| Eat ice cream daily When you're centenarian And enjoy long life | Strong great-grandmother Centenarian plus three Sicilian descent |
| The length of life was The centenarian's goal. Was it also deep? | If you would like to Be a centenarian Live one percent years |
| Good writers create Characters who become good Friends we care about | Soap operas silly Over the top characters Bring relaxing fun |
| On the stage of Life Are we many characters Or only our Self? | Characters delight And aggravate and sadden Readers and writers |
| Cheerlessness of the Death Valley landscape does not Deter visitors | Scouring cold wind Oppressive overcast sky Cheerlessness ensues |
| If you are feeling Episodes of cheerlessness Take time for more fun. | Bringing cheerlessness At the click of a button The semester ends |
| Chocolate covered Almonds, walnuts, peanuts, yum And yes, eggplant too | Bitter cacao seeds Yield luscious chocolate treasures Divine oral bliss |
| When Life gets intense The daily need for chocolate Is greatly increased. | Choco-late person: One who takes long to unwrap A chocolate bar |
| Shopping for new clothes Traumatic experience For overweight child | Colorful cotton Nonrestrictive clothes a joy Glamour not for me |
| Why do we wear clothes? Comfort, beauty, protection. Nudists disagree. | Precisely measured And tailored words fit haiku As clothes do bodies |
| Thirteen year old used Earrings as collateral To buy essentials | Human expansion Equals collateral death And soon, our demise |
| The collateral For the million dollar loan. Thoroughly vetted. | Pangram poets have The collateral purpose Of writing haikus |
| Ruth and Anthonin Collegial justices' Unlikely friendship | Group work a pain, but Collegial efforts yield Camaraderie |
| Working together. Geological scholars. It is collegial. | Faculty meetings Hours of collegial talk For minutes of work |
| Weeding out older Competent folks: today's job Interview process | Often overlooked Older, graying-haired worker Is most competent |
| Hiring managers: The best question to ask is ... Are you competent? | In job interviews Many more are competent Than are judged to be |
| Need complete darkness To view Milky Way's splendor Rural locales best | The day feels complete When I'm in the recliner With Snowy on lap. |
| At the end of life I hope my last words will be 'YES, it is complete.' | No summer classes Maybe I'll get to complete Things that I want to |
| Shards of consciousness Observe solving the pangram Too fleeting to grasp | Sixty years of life My consciousness evolving Mind altered daily I woke up this morn Not gaining full consciousness Slept walked through my day |
| We have consciousness But it evolved long before Homo Sapiens. | How will I use this New day's gift of consciousness? The daily question. |
| Our constitution Often hotly debated Living or static? | Sustain mother earth Amend the constitution Add Twenty eighth please! |
| Having a written Personal constitution Would keep me on track. | Citizens employ Their strength of constitution To repel the Chump |
| The ground continued Shaking for several seconds During the earthquake | 'Keep on keeping on!' I continue this refrain Often voiced by mom |
| It's amazing how Far you can walk if you just Start and continue. | Pause daily a while Let the rush continue past With its breathless minds |
| His countenance quite Stern: "You're not doing enough For the family." So many tears shed | Countenance hidden Behind pixelated screen Your clicks tell all, though |
| Her countenance charmed Her sharp intellect intrigued Her figure seduced | A countenance seen On a newspaper's pages Someone misses you |
| Real courage lies in Keeping tender heart open After it's broken | Living takes courage Especially when aging Hats off to old folks! |
| If changing your mind Is tricky for you to do. You have no courage. | When it comes to health The courage to face problems Counts less than foresight |
| Baby elephants Cute creatures enjoy water With mama and herd | Colorful, shapely Sea creatures in ocean realm Exquisite delights |
| Humans at the top Hierarchy of creatures Let's be kind to all. | Creatures that best fit Their surroundings' mesh, pass through Evolution's sieve |
| Forehead crimson dot Delivers iodine to Indian women | Crimson marks passage From girlhood to young lady Cycle follows moon |
| Crimson's more than red. Birds, flowers, chili peppers. A color with style. | Crimson Editor Requires students to type Code from their own minds |
| My dalliance with Subjects of Zoology, Botany not fun | Fun motivation For learning foreign language Friendly dalliance |
| A brief dalliance Nourished a sweet fantasy Was fruitless, of course. | A shot to avoid Dalliance with the virus And stay in health's arms |
| Insurance document Jargon hard to decipher For most consumers | My brain deciphered The trick that was being played Shroom gift made me cook |
| Chinese children read Chinese writing that we can't Hope to decipher | Google had trouble When it tried to decipher Tamil words tonight |
| Election means it's Decision season for all Important to vote | Buying my own home A frightening decision One I don't regret |
| Tricky decisions Are best made with a coin flip In the air you'll know. | Decision kitchen, Where one cooks the dish of life With no recipe. |
| Chump's departure from White house eagerly awaited Sanity at last | Sad to say goodbye? Oh hell no! Your departure... Best for entire world! |
| Coming and going Arrival and departure Hello and goodbye | When the moment comes Can anyone be prepared For their departure? |
| Netflix loads content Cache locale dependently To minimize lag | 'I want more money!' Chump blubbered, dependently Tied to his rich dad. |
| For this I need thee. For that thou need me. Thus we Live dependently. | Pendent cases clear Dependently upon all Parties agreeing |
| Earth's destiny to Orbit the sun forever And die with the sun | Species' extinctions Destiny known by ancients? Can we change our course? |
| When bad things happen There's a lame futile response: It's your destiny. When good things happen There's a lame futile response: It's your destiny. | River of choices Wherever your flow takes me Is destiny sea |
| Beautiful physics Diffract, refract light to fool All our eyes and brains | Ghoulish yellow sky Apocalyptic, some say Ash diffracts sun's waves |
| How does a turtle See flies from under water? It's easy. Diffract. | X-rays diffract through Crystals and reveal clues to DNA structure |
| Disquietude from Almost a year of covid Lockdown challenging | Family disquietude From rageaholic father Impact is life long |
| Contentedness and Acceptance can lead you to Less disquietude | Limits and quotas Cause untold disquietude To immigrant minds |
| Dormitory life Paradise for extroverts Hell for introverts | When sleep settles in Dreams escape dormitory Flying free at night |
| Forty teenagers Finally free of dumb parents. A dormitory. | Preparatory To dormitory living I practiced sleeping |
| The rockies form a Dramatic backdrop to the City of Ouray | Loved one with cancer Dramatic circumstances Bring fear of death, loss |
| Life can be boring It's not always dramatic Boring is okay. | All the world's a page The words merely players in Dramatic haiku |
| Cool water without Refrigeration using An earthenware pot | Ancient child near fire Fashions doll out of wet clay First earthenware birthed? |
| Hardcore vegans eat Homegrown vegetables in Homemade earthenware Pragmatic vegans Purchase boxes of pizza Piled high with veggies. | Earthenware pot needs No external energy To keep water cool |
| Elaborate scheme Of Don and his cronies made For wretched four years | Glorious planet Elaborate life abounds Irreplicable |
| Please elaborate. But not too elaborate. I don't have much time. | I wanted to write An elaborate haiku Too few syllables |
| Electricity Facilitating heart beats Animating brains | Triumph and trouble Electricity drives lives Joy and destruction |
| Nature's mystery Always there but hard to see Electricity | When first exposed to Electricity's power Everyone was shocked |
| Good storytellers Embroider their yarns using Vivid imagery | Pleasure, pain, sorrow Embroider seasons of life With textures, colors |
| If you embroider And embellish it too much You will ruin it | Documenting work To embroider my career With a new title |
| Empathy is hard For most people, listening To respond, not hear | Kinder, gentler world Would blossom if empathy Liberally applied |
| True empathy is To understand and accept Other people's limits. | Lifting others' worlds With understanding muscles In Empathy Gym |
| Mumbai encampment's Slumdog millionaire rises After much struggle | This earth we call home From birth 'til death do us part My life's encampment |
| What's an encampment? Is it a group of camp sites? See dictionary. | Uninspired thoughts Fill my mental encampment Pre-coffee squatters |
| Enchantment sets in Walls of snow lead to top of Mount Shasta to play | Special furry friends Cat and skunk visit nightly Backyard enchantment |
| Enchantments and Loves. Delightful delusions That enrich my life. | Come to Kentucky Enjoy nature's enchantment Emerald forests |
| People ignore kids For endless entertainment Found on their devices | Dancing liberates Expressive entertainment Feelings given voice |
| With The Web we have No lack of entertainment. Always distracted. | One can utilize YouTube for entertainment And graduation! |
| Who makes breakfast foods? Cereal entrepreneurs Answers the punster | Punster Navin taunts With humorous intention Waving cape of words. |
| Brave entrepreneurs Have ideas and take risks To make life better. My friend's a punster. Always making clever quips. I rarely feel heard. | Punsters' buzziness Is to be entrepreneurs Of the word market |
| Timid, silly girl Envisioned better life for Self and family | When buying my home I envisioned peace and joy Noise, work, part of deal |
| Real estate tycoon A million dollars in debt Never envisioned |
| Ephemeral art On Palo Alto sidewalk Lovely stroll with friend | Ephemeral thoughts Sail into mind and drift off Without anchoring |
| Earthly pleasures fade Everything's ephemeral Enjoy while you can. | Through these life windows Ephemeral joys and pains Flit on daily wings |
| Republic of the Equator, Ecuador has Lovely rainforests | Mount Chimborazo Equator's highest mountain Graces Ecuador |
| At the equator You move at maximum speed And weigh a whit less. | Sweat pours equally During all months of the year At the equator |
| During covid times People re-evaluate What is essential | Delicious sunlight Essential ingredient Driving all of life |
| Essential workers Have served us valiantly. Pandemic heroes. | Books are essential For learning and enjoyment Of worlds beyond ours |
| Employers resort To euphemisms to fire People. "Lay them off." | I'm circling the drain Close to death euphemism Tickles funny bone |
| When saying something scandalous, shitty, or sad Use euphemisms. | Euphemisms blunt Edges of unpleasant words For those saying them |
| Bulls highly valued Bull urine means long stories Excrement for lies | Fewer people would Talk shit if they had to use The word excrement |
| When we poop and flush Where does our excrement go? There is no 'away'. | Practicing a craft, Some pieces bring excitement, Some are excrement. |
| Months of solitude Pandemic experience Enjoyment of home | Through my life's seasons Experience has taught me White-haired folk are wise |
| Experience is Making many mistakes and Remembering them. | A nice evening To experience my friends' New fire pit and chill |
| Peru rain forest Exquisite toucans, macaws Vacation too short | Pachamama gifts Exquisite myriad life Man obliterates |
| It is exquisite, Rather extraordinary, And quite excellent. | Exquisite haiku Appear here every evening Bringing poets joy |
| Ella Fitzgerald Employed falsetto deftly. First lady of swing. | Male falsetto voice A unique aural pleasure When expressed in song |
| Human falsetto Voices a very unique sound. Violins as well! | Once this is turned in Maybe I'll sing falsetto And float my way home |
| Thunder and lightning Light up sky, fanciful dreams Lost to wakeful sleep | Fanciful dreams birthed Amazing delightful forms Nature's gifts bring joy |
| Our president is Creating a fascist state Subverting democracy Trusting an adversary Discounting a pandemic Sending troops to squash protests Taking children from parents Spewing stupid silly lies Suggesting bleach injections Paying porn stars for silence Extorting foreign leaders Blathering batty bullshit Encouraging racist hate Holding Bible upside down Perverting the rule of law Misogynistic bully Enabled by McConnell Cheered by a blind loyal base Not Fanciful. Fact. It's time for action To reclaim Democracy All can do SOMEthing. | I will realize My fanciful dreams someday With just one windfall |
| Haiku floats adrift Flotsam born from fractured views, Interpretations | |
| Elder divorcees Are haunted by the flotsam Of their failed marriage | Wrecked by endless hours Some wash up on the far shore As work life's flotsam |
| Early morning walk Dewdrops glinting on flowers Soothing to senses | Delicate flowers Intricate designs and hues Parading for sex |
| Flowers have evolved As Nature's way of saying 'I'm here! Look at me!' | Colorful and bright A haiku about flowers You can smell its words |
| Foraging for purslane Plant out of place on sidewalks Free and nutritious | Foraging slowly Reveals Fall's fungal bounty Secret forest friends |
| Meals are sometimes planned But mostly meals are merely Fickle foraging | I'm not foraging Picking wild fruits and berries Helps me remain young |
| Foreigner used to Phrases like "don't overtake" Rather than "don't pass" | Those from distant lands Rudely called foreigners, are Friends we have not met |
| Foreigners: Welcome! New ideas, open minds. More the merrier. | Worn stairways, grooved paths Where we step with practiced ease Trip foreigners' feet |
| Scholarship offer Fortuitous for poor kid To make it to US | San Francisco is A fortuitous birthplace For open-minded |
| Fortuitously I can't get a round tuit Because I'm lazy. | City connection Fortuitous job email Made a professor |
| Strolling in the park Fragrance of jasmine flowers Delight the senses | Delightful fragrance From Clitocybe mushroom Earl Grey tea odor |
| A fleeting fragrance Evokes childhood memories Hidden deep within. | Fingers on keyboard Filling curriculum forms Fragrance of brain smoke |
| Law of attraction Is a fucking scam, universe Is not here to serve Fucking unwoke phony Is Elizabeth Gilbert But often quoted | Fucking; fun to say, Grammatically versatile And good for one's health |
| Fucking is great fun But it does lead to unchecked Population growth. | Ckingfu, the Kungfu Of fucking monarchs too good For lay martial arts |
| Futuristic car One day a robo-taxi Drives itself to me! | Futuristic world Electromagnetic based Thank you to photons |
| Futuristic thoughts Are easily invented. Will they work today? | Once futuristic Phone without dial or keys Rarely used for calls |
| I reluctantly Galumphed behind Dad during Early morning jog | A Plumphag gal laugh Plum palm hug lug glam maul haul? A lump, a hump, gah! |
| Twallig leck shun ooze? Umpty stoopish Trumph galumph Bedder Biden Yay! | Heavy, sluggish words Galumph into my haikus Blocking my triumph |
| Gambling, gluttony, Drinking, indulge in many Sin City vices | All types of gambling Money, health, happiness, life Are risky business |
| Rolling snake eyes twice Corona virus gambling 255k dead | Gambling without masks Lost wages as well as lives Death by lazy mind |
| Coral species use Gametic isolation. No hybrid corals. | Wondering mind asks Did gametic act occur? Happy news to share? |
| Gametic magic One of nature's mysteries like Magnetic magic | Professor ponders: What foul gametic merger Birthed portfolios? |
| Wealthy billionaires Are not generous in pay Packages for people | I am thankful for Those generous with kindness, Patience, teaching, love |
| Being generous Is one of the great pleasures Of being wealthy. | Committee members: Generous portfolio Brings DAYS of reading |
| Iceland glacier lost Orange skies due to fires Climate change a hoax? | Intrigue, beauty, taste Amazed and delighted me Dynamic glacier |
| Last glacier melted May 8, 2036 Anthropogenic | The River Ganga Born of Gangotri glacier Dying of people |
| Eat large gooseberry Tart and sweet, use the small ones For making pickles | Lowly gooseberry Hero born of thorny bush Aids in human health |
| Blåbær, blueberry, Multebær, gooseberry, and Jordbær, strawberry | Summer's sour treat Green Indian gooseberry Makes water taste sweet |
| Chasing happiness Or approval is futile Find it in yourself | Happiness happens When I gaze upon content Feline, family, friends |
| Pursue happiness Strive for a calm peaceful mind A lifelong effort There's no guarantee | Let's get together For a walk of happiness On the trail of life |
| Native people live In harmony with nature How uncivilized! | Friends bring harmony Calm, soothe, buffer life's stresses Add dimension, joy |
| Music must have both Harmony and dissonance To be beautiful. | Chilly harmony Unmarked snowflake piles gather Hushing the night's sounds |
| Is hatlessness a Handicap for a golfer? Wind likely more so | Hatlessness now chic Bare head in grandparents' day Like face without mask |
| Today's hatlessness Is unphysiologic Put bonnet on it. | On a sunny day Hikers regret hatlessness When trail's shade runs out |
| Keep yourself healthy Healthcare can be expensive For aging bodies | Healthcare expense high Good friends, food, sleep, and sunshine Keep copays at bay |
| Healthcare is OUR job. Some help from medical pros Mostly it's up to US. | Please remain patient Your healthcare will continue As long as you live |
| Icicles hanging From eaves highlighted middle Of long cold winter | My tightening clothes Highlighted my big belly Born from Covid stress |
| Insightful haiku Delighted her so. They were Highlighted in orange. | Yesterday's haikus Highlighted how developed We are as poets |
| Hindsight brings into Focus the regrettable Decisions of youth | Hindsight evokes pain Illumination, learning, Forgiveness, and love Sometimes hindsight speaks To the need to heed foresight Listen to my gut! |
| Reviewing my life Hindsight shows things I regret Instead I just smile | Hindsight helped me see The quarter of female deer So did my four-sight |
| Kamala thanks the Suffragists who paved the way Humbled by their grit | When feeling humbled Revelations are exposed I take a good look |
| Trump's epiphany Transformed him and he's now truly Humbled and sorry. . . . Just kidding 😜 Please forgive my fanciful galumphing. | My neighbor's hum bled Through the walls so fluidly That it humbled mine When I am humbled My humility's more pure Than that of others |
| Math world has many Unsolved hypotheses that Attract bright people | Bad hypotheses Celebrated annually Posit at BAHfest! |
| Hypotheses are Educated guesses that Are not yet proven. | Many don't accept Rational hypotheses And cling to beliefs |
| Once a champion Andre's ignominious Defeat in third round Ended his career | Smokers defile air Ignominious habit Too bad death not fast |
| A new word: Trumpish It means narcissistic and Ignominious | End of semester Ignominious failures And roaring triumphs |
| Damp fountain pen notes Makes illegibility Inevitable | Paper and ink kills Through illegibility, Scribbled doctors' notes |
| A signature with High illegibility Signifies secrets. |
| Imagination Sparked by cherished and loved books Energizes humans | Books take me places Without travel or expense Imagination Imagination May germinate ideas That grow into fact |
| Anne of Green Gables: Using imagination Life is less tragic. | I draw my haikus From my imagination Refrigerator |
| Learning multiple Languages requires immersion And lot of practice | Sleep time ritual Immersion into warmed bed And fluffy novel |
| To learn a language Immersion is a good way. In the bed is best. | Poets take a dip In deep pangram word fluid Haiku immersion |
| Immigrants become Hyphenated on getting US Citizenship | My native status From immigrant Sicilian, Russian, Irish folks |
| Having left their home Immigrants can feel homesick. Alienation Immigrants can bring Fresh perspective, new approach. We're ALL 'from' somewhere. | Immigrant brushes Paint America's mural In brilliant colors |
| Impostorism Seems common among women In STEM field of work | Fruit of labors ripe Bounty feels unmerited Impostorism |
| Impostorism Is a 5 syllable word Tricky for haiku. I'm rather famous. I really don't deserve it. Impostorism | Casting doubt's shadow On shining accomplishments Impostorism |
| Incandescence of Solar system's brightest star Touches the hills | An incandescence Emanated from her eyes When a thought took hold |
| Incandescence is Not just physics. Some people Emit love and kindness. | Life treads through the night Lit by the incandescence Of thin filaments |
| Mathematics fun? Proof by induction, and by Contradiction too. | Without realizing An induction has occurred Pangram fever starts |
| P 1 and P 2 P n then P n + 1 Proved by induction Induction cooking Seems to heat pans magically But it's just physics | Today I received An induction to duction When I rolled my eyes |
| White light's traits revealed By thin film interference Riot of colors | Cars driving by house Cause TV interference Disrupt resting brain |
| Interference and Diffraction are properties Of light I don't grok. | Interference makes Light and dark patterns appear In light and in life |
| Mari kanive dam Irrigated Hiriyuru, Challakere taluks | Autumn years approach Irrigated by visions Of freedom from work |
| Growing tomatoes. Would be easier if they Were irrigated. | Sun-rusted wheat fields Thirst to be irrigated Thoughtless rain declines |
| Good comedians Transform a joke into a Jocular jewel | Intense, heavy world Jocular friend provides bridge Into lighter realm |
| Juggling two jobs or A jaguar jugular jab Is not jocular. | In difficult times It's good to be jocular And laugh some things off |
| Very first journey By plane from Bangalore to Milwaukee, long flights. | Please! Let us exit! Four year journey inside HELL Sanity! Prevail! |
| I took a journey. Confusion to poverty. I learned many things | Enjoy your journey The miles pass by so quickly Then the wheels go still |
| Badami mangoes Aruna loves juiciness Messy but great fun | Round, firm, heavy orange Nature's healthy, quenching, sweet Ball of juiciness |
| Tasty juiciness Creamy yummy lusciousness Nature's gift to us | Solar energy And water drawn from the ground Yield sweet juiciness |
| Justice focused on Mediation, agreement Used by Maoris | Justice a fiction? Like the dream of perfection? Something we strive for? |
| Supreme Court justice Ms Amy Coney Barrett Please be fair to all. | What does justice mean? Putting affairs in order That should have been so? |
| Teen, young adult and Adult Kafkaesque life makes for Difficult old age | Tumbling through trauma Kafkaesque fiction now fact In twenty twenty |
| When our lives become Kafkaesque what may help is Taking a deep breath. | The world seeks escape From its Kafkaesque prison Some insects resist |
| Earth has kindredness With other planets for how They were created | Children worlds apart Grow up, travel, and make friends Enjoy kindredness |
| Kindredness is an Awkward word to say simply We're all one family. | Growing our circles Of kindredness helps us all Embrace other minds |
| Fond memories of Delectable meals served in Kalpathy kitchen | Love and heartbreak shared Over coffee and cookies At kitchen table |
| A neat clean kitchen Beckons the creative cook Yummy will happen | Aromas and words Waft from the kitchen, bringing Hunger and lessons |
| Philosophers like Wrangling with knottiness of Ethical problems | Rampant bouncing thoughts Tangle into knottiness Trouble soon follows |
| Gordian knots Have a high knottiness quotient They can't be untied | The fun of solving And the problem's knottiness Are in proportion |
| Nature's own playground Is Earth laboratory Creates new species | Laboratory With microscope and mushrooms My quiet refuge |
| This laboratory Does experiments with new Pronunciations Lab Rah Tory La Bore a Tree La Bore a Tory Labor Attery? La Bore Attery? Labor a Tory? Labor a Tree? Lab Rah Tree? Labe Rah Tory? Labe Rah Tree? | I make my haikus In my poem laboratory Distilling verse words |
| Is sincerity Of mourners judged by the flow Of lachrymal glands? | Old, stern countenance Softens and turns lachrymal When family visits |
| Wipers and washers Eyelids and lachrymal glands Help me see clearly | The lachrymal glands Keep the eyes lubricated Make emotions run |
| Lambent sunlight bathes Striated Painted Wall Cliffs Of the black canyon | Our Pachamama Heart lambent from humankind Ignorance and greed |
| With the lambent light Setting the romantic mood She charmed my pants off. | Lambent sunlight bathes Striated Painted Wall Cliffs Of the black canyon |
| Nostalgia for Languid summer days, staying Home reading, playing | Dreams of languid days Beckon me incessantly To happier realm |
| A languid feeling Is not helped by liquid bread. Beer puts me to sleep. | Mountain of grading Your sludgy terrain slows climb To a languid crawl |
| Laughed till my eyes teared Hearing stand up comedy At the festival | I've laughed many times When I have wanted to cry, Then pushed myself on |
| Intense events caused Mixed confusing emotions. I laughed and I cried. | It's good to recall The times we laughed together Though they bring tears too |
| Laziness is blamed For obesity issues By Big Foods while creating Addictive snack foods | Laziness feels good If there is no guilt attached, Stressful otherwise |
| Laziness can be A virtue if it leads you To efficiency. | Oh long departed Days of easy laziness When will you return? |
| Indian culture Considers boys assets, girls Liabilities | Tragically long list Liabilities blight U.S. Lunatic at helm |
| Two sides of one coin: Talents, virtues, beauties, charms. Liabilities. | Nation's balance sheet: tRump-supporting asse(t)s are Liabilities |
| After months of snow Lightening May skies draw out Winter weary folks | A rare summer storm Assails landscape with lightening Fires erupt far and wide |
| As I've grown older There has been a lightening Life gets cheerier | Enlightening thoughts Swift comets across mind sky Lightening darkness |
| Deep thought processes Explored in literature Expand our world views | I take voyages Through literature portals See many lands, lives |
| Our literature: A connection to the past And to the future | With a step or two Upon literature's bridge I can see your shore |
| Particles of sun Collide with gases on earth Makes luminous bands | A luminous moon Reflects sun's light through clear sky This Halloween night |
| Lights on bike helmet Lights on wheels, Lights front and rear. I am luminous. | In the ocean's depths Luminous fish talk to friends In lucid language |
| Ring tailed lemurs play Amidst endemic flora In Madagascar | Exquisite wildlife Abounds in Madagascar Please do not visit Deadliest creature Present in Madagascar Female mosquito |
| Darwin was perplexed. How to show evolution? Madagascar helped. | Madagascar stayed; Indian subcontinent Left to join Asia |
| Sensors can help with Predictive maintenance of Smart elevators | Throughout all seasons Maintenance is essential Dear friends provide help |
| Old cars and old friends Deserve careful attention Maintenance takes love. | Maintenance is good Of vehicles and bodies To prevent breakdowns |
| Surprise birthday gift Memorable flight lesson In a small Cessna | Dry, dense, purple rind Breached to savor sweet white lobes Memorable joy |
| Memorable events Acute grief and intense joy Unforgettable | Many moments fade Minor but memorable Ones linger in mind |
| Memorial day Reminds of students leaving To fight in Gulf War 😢 | Passage into death, Memorial observance, Dance and smile for me! |
| Memorial service An hour to Remember Continues for years | Ink records poorly My memorial for you Unlike these teardrops |
| Minutiae of Daily life didn't hamper Katherine Johnson | Self and friends delight In the minutiae of things Many overlook |
| Mushroom minutiae Medusoid mycelium Wasabi will help. | Meetings are venues To belabor minutiae And hear one's own voice |
| Miracle cure sought To reverse aging process The search continues | Miracle needed To bring humans back from brink Of death, destruction |
| Expect miracles But be pragmatic and plan Life can be tricky. | Technology's march Things that are now commonplace Were once miracles |
| No whiteout for Some life mistakes, just accept. No second chances. | Too many to count Mistakes made regularly Learning is NOT fun! |
| What are mutations? Mistakes? Or experiments To find a better way. Nature is at play. | A mistake or two In a few hundred pages May not be noticed 😏 |
| Trigeminal pain Mitigation difficult And temporary | Ingestion of food For tension mitigation Eats you up inside |
| Elimination Is frequently much better Than mitigation | Pain mitigation Suddenly realizing Bad companion's gone |
| Haiku touts its OS For its modular design But is it stable? | Modular flowers Bloom with fun pangram delights Haiku fruit sprout forth |
| Modular design Is key to good programming Hackers are exempt | Assembled apart Lines fit together smoothly Modular haiku |
| Most Wall Street gamblers Monitoring stock values For a quick profit | Your marvelous brain Constantly monitoring Your body's functions |
| Monitoring men Motoring in big bad trucks Is tough - NOT not grim. | The lizard crept up Monitoring the insect To thwart lunch's flight |
| Coronavirus Lockdown makes it harder to Motivate oneself | Little bell from phone Does motivate me to act Brain needs little bell |
| A teacher's main aim: Ignite curiosity. Motivate students. | Motivate students To learn math and programming In only eight weeks? 🤔 |
| Sangre de Cristo Mountain views in the morning Once a dream, now lost | Nurturing mountain Wrought by tectonic forces Haven for creatures |
| Climbing a mountain Is quite a challenge but it Makes the view worthwhile. | Relentless forces Continental collision Birth of a mountain |
| Zealous mugwumpers Quite enjoy their mugwumpism And encourage it | Now is perfect time For mugwumpism action Shed vile, corrupt skin |
| I'm not Rep or Dem Because I think for myself. Mugwumpism, yes! | It's a truism To say that mugwumpism Defeats tRumpism |
| Mutinous classmate Eloped with eighth grade boyfriend Trouble for sister | Mutinous body Does not obey brain's commands When nerves are fatigued |
| The job really sucked. Feeling rather mutinous I just up and quit. | Mutinous minutes Rebel against plans' commands Set day's ship adrift |
| Ocean's mysteries Unexplored secrets in its Depths, and still pristine | Mysteries of cats Cause my mind to create tales Accounting for acts |
| If all mysteries Were revealed, solved, and case closed Life would be boring. | Science can explain All mysteries of the world Yet in gods we rust |
| Nautilus spiral Follows golden ratio Pleasing to the eye | Deep sea living art Jet propulsioned Nautilus Fibonacci shell |
| A brilliant design 500 million years old Chambered Nautilus | Art by secretion Life function to nautilus Beauty to humans |
| Subconscious stirs up Dreams with nebulous meaning Wish they were more clear | Nebulous future Allows for much surmising, Dreaming, and planning |
| Technical syntax Exact and lucid to some but Nebulous to most. | Since Friday morning Schedule has been nebulous Must reset today |
| Eating mindfully Necessity to prevent Overindulgence | Necessity gives Life; wants give temporary Pleasure and soothing |
| Necessity is The mother of invention Who is the father? | Nice to hear again A president speak just words Of necessity |
| Negotiation With self important for health, Deeper life rewards | What to do and when? Negotiation helpful Even with oneself |
| You can't always get What you think you really want. Negotiation. | Negotiation Of the pangram challenges Takes many guesses |
| Better to get news From newspapers than TV Which favors ratings | Newspaper tactile Rustling pages, Inky smells Soon to be obscure? |
| Newspapers today Are mostly read on our phones Less to recycle | "You take all the news That the newspaper contains There's none left for me" These, your teasing words Today they carry sadness Their laughs are with you |
| The oblique rays of The morning sun make dew drops Shine like diamonds | Oblique language used By people dodging the truth Parents are not fooled |
| Each season unique Spring, summer, fall, and winter Earth's oblique axis | Oblique reference Divides those who understand From those who do not |
| Obsequious sun Sinks into the horizon Turns ocean orange | Lying sacks of poop Are obsequious assholes Just like pres-reject |
| I met someone new! They're somewhat obsequious. Charming, but ... Red Flag! | Obsequious ice Acquiesces to slight heat And turns aqueous Ah, obsequious! A word that does not behave That way in haikus |
| Obsidian sky Gives way to brilliant red dawn With the rising sun | Black volcanic glass Fractures to single atom Obsidian rocks! |
| Early humans made Obsidian arrowheads They must have been pleased. | Obsidian folks Do not take them for granite Or they might erupt |
| The digital age Ushered in obsolescence Of pay telephones | Six decades of life Obsolescence setting in Time for retirement |
| Out with the old and In with the new is the way Of obsolescence. | Planned obsolescence The art of making you buy More of what you have |
| Love farmers' markets' Opulence of seasonal Fresh fruits and veggies | Churches' opulence Antithetical to their Purported dogma |
| Some seek opulence As if they are queens and kings. I choose simple things. | Why do people think Someone raised in opulence Understands their lives? |
| Orientation Of Earth's axis makes summer And winter Christmas | Under obscured sky Orientation tricky Landmarks integral |
| I can't read a map. I've lost orientation. That damn GPS. | Poets who attend Haiku orientation Leave a little verse |
| Painful memories Of dreams come true, yet hostile Parents robbed our peace | Human acts painful Born of ignorance, malice Enlightenment slow |
| Attachments can be Difficult and painful yet Pain helps us let go | Painful conditions Be they of mind or body Can cause great despair |
| Make fanciful art Using paintball markers More fun than playing | Paint balls shot at friends A craze popular with youth Better than YouTube? |
| Paintball is a game. You hunt down and kill your friends. It's jolly great fun! | Flying color orbs Splat on moving canvases Paintball artistry |
| Parents must teach their Kids body autonomy At an early age | Young, clueless parents Did their best to raise wild child Love was the best tool |
| Becoming parents Changes many things A REVOLUTION! Some parents model Behavior that is not wise Counterexample Conceiving children Is more fun than raising them Parents will agree | Easy for the young To forget that their parents Fumble as they do |
| Young participant Needs instructions to mail in Absentee ballot | Fall's fruiting fancies A participant pleasure Fungal foray fun |
| Spectators won't learn. Must be a participant. It's also more fun! | Exercise helps you Be a strong participant In life's marathon |
| First time passenger On plane Bombay to US Almost a whole day | Fierce motion sickness Makes being a passenger Excruciating |
| When I'm the driver I listen to passengers So please do speak up. | Driver is pleasant Passenger seat is vacant Want to come along? |
| Waiting for coffee Patience, says coffee maker Hurry up, brain says | Difficult kindness Patience with others and self Best for all concerned |
| Patience. Impatience. Both can be a true virtue. Situational. | It ain't an apt pet Inept cat ate a paint can Pat it in patience |
| Mister ouchie foot Not patriotic at all Skipped out on serving | Vocal vehemence Reveals strong patriotic Love of my country |
| Trump's idiotic. We must affirm that dissent Is patriotic. | Ghoulish yellow men Wear patriotic symbols To claim false greatness |
| Peaceful, snowy park Great place to watch meteors But oh so chilly | Cacophonous life Peaceful moments elusive Humans clamorous |
| Avoiding all news For a week or two creates A more peaceful life | Peaceful morning hours Before everyone wakes up Coffee and book time |
| Phantom, Archie and Blondie. Comics of foreign Culture entertain | Phantom sounds startle Snowy and I go inspect Visitor unseen |
| Phantoms are simply People who you knew but now Just live in your mind | The ones when I read Stories of The Ghost Who Walks Are now phantom days |
| Ah, philosophy Kids hate it, no 'right' answers Why is it required? | Philosophy lives Amorphously in one's mind Carved by life's tumults |
| Philosophy can Help us live our true values. Eat vegan? Easy! | Lovers of wisdom Decant philosophy drops From the swill of thought |
| Consuming dairy Results in phlegmy response Better avoid it | Heavy-smoking friend Has horribly phlegmy cough I fear her death's near |
| Coughs that are phlegmy Would sound cheerful and friendly If they were flemmy. | Portfolio moves With phlegmy speed and thickness Can't wait for the end |
| Cherished photographs Memories of times gone by Add color to lives | A shared photograph Transports me through time and place Bringing tears of joy |
| Binary digits Values of red, green, and blue Magic photograph | An old photograph Of an unrecalled moment And a hug still felt |
| Graduate students Paid pittance for teaching the Undergraduates | Amount of fun time Pittance compared to work time Unhealthy balance |
| Their work was top notch Their small fee seemed a pittance. I added extra. | Employers like best Those employees who work more Though paid a pittance |
| Long walk for small legs Popsicle made with real grapes Ease the journey home | Winter's cold kiss comes From furry popsicle cat With cold paws on lap |
| Eat a popsicle On your bicycle and you'll Zip home in a flash. | Popsicle of life You deliver much sweetness While you melt away |
| Life is possible On exo-planets, says NASA We should start over | Things beyond knowledge Things beyond understanding May be possible |
| It's not possible. I haven't tried it yet but It's not possible | The poet dipped in The well of possible verse And drew some haiku |
| Found Wallace fountain Fresh, cold potable water Refresh yourself here | I raise my root beer A fine potable, to cheer Biden and Harris Palatable treats Dress the harvest tabletop With comfort and joy |
| Is it safe to drink? Is the water potable? Danger! Don't imbibe! or Yes. Chug. Slurp. Sip. Quaff. | Potable water I walk miles for you daily Some day you'll run here |
| Priorities in Winter of life differ from Those in spring of life | In this 'modern' age Priorities essential I can't do it all |
| My priorities Define who I am and what I want to become | Day's priorities: Walk, sleep, eat, teach, find pangram, Craft haiku and share |
| An ex friend claimed that Arriving promptly is not Very important | Addicted to speed People want things instantly Or, at least, promptly Alternatively, Some are happy to promptly Postpone until death |
| Doing things promptly Is a way to clear your mind Otherwise ... trouble. | Things not promptly done Remain on the back burner Until they're well burned |
| Artful glass pumpkins At the great glass pumpkin patch Outing with Denise | Fond fall memory Searching through field of pumpkins Enchanted by all |
| I made pumpkin pie Not with canned pumpkin purée But from real pumpkins! | Versatile pumpkins Nourishment, entertainment They excel at both |
| Punctual transit Novelty for immigrants Used to late buses | I am late to wake But punctual to a fault For delicious meal |
| Being punctual Is not simply a virtue. It is respectful. | Being punctual Without health priorities Brings an early end |
| Quality over Quantity for time only Should be for life too | My favorite thing Quality time with others Family, friends, strangers |
| What to eat? How much? Quality? and Quantity? You are what you eat. | CDOPS on WhatsApp: Home of quality haikus And discussion fun |
| Math teacher noticed Quizzical expressions on Faces of most kids | Some haiku perplex Quizzical thoughts drift through brain Fingers text question |
| I shared my passion And got some quizzical looks. It's still way way cool. | Looking quizzical Upon reading quiz questions Is not a good sign |
| A quotation is Handy to have, to save one From having to think | My fortune cookie Quotation offers wisdom Mistakes do likewise |
| 'I hate quotations.' Said Ralph Waldo Emerson 'Tell me what you know.' | Some day we shall make "We'll haiku on the beaches" A famed quotation |
| Bridal veil falls split White light into colorful And lovely rainbow | A smile lights my face When a rainbow visits me Troubles float away |
| A double rainbow Never ceases to amaze. Look at that! Gorgeous! | A rainbow of grades: Will students like its colors? Some might raise a hue. |
| Reading technical Documents is surely a Cure for sleeplessness | Reading is sublime Historical romances A guilty pleasure |
| Learning by reading Is the important key skill Of autodidacts. | For lovers of books Today's word is endearing Binding us to joy Only if you aren't Reading it literally Then it's different 😁 |
| In reality Human life's about progress And not perfection | One's reality Malleable, input based Thoughts, feelings, beliefs |
| It really sucks when Hard facts and reality Don't match fantasy. | Reality pot Brewer of some bitter drinks And of some sweet ones |
| The mountain air in Boulder was redolent with Scent of pine needles | I hope home is not Redolent of cat urine Box cleaned twice daily |
| Friendly nice motel Redolent of curry spice Indian owner | A tiny kitchen Redolent with spicy smells Wafts in memory |
| Modeling the world Regression analysis Curve fitting shows trends | Fierce September heat Sparks a mental regression Thoughts puddle in brain |
| I play piano And I practice on and off There is regression | After brief focus Regression to digressions Faculty meeting |
| In Topology A donut represented Deformed coffee mug | Spring's tiny seedlings Represented summer's fruit Fall's harvest delights |
| A Wyomingite Is Senate represented More than a Texan. | In our haiku group Debbie is represented By today's puzzle |
| Rhythmic shouting with Stamping feet celebrate life The Maori dance | Bouncy rhythmic tunes Take over my old body Making me feel young |
| Ludwig 59-1 Allegretto vivace Rhythmic obsession Listen! | Rhythmic cookery Percussion in the kitchen Sizzling stir fry beats |
| Dedication to Important endeavors needs Lot of sacrifice | Reflection on past Reveals mom's sacrifices Boundless love bestowed |
| To save the planet All must make some sacrifice. What are you doing? | Things we sacrifice The weight of them is the lift Under wings of dreams |
| Cable TV has Diminished the salience Of the local press | Vast background clutter Acquired salience when friend Said she would help sort |
| As I grow older The salience of cheap thrills Gradually wanes. | Some refuse to see The salience of science In their daily lives |
| Sanguine sea surprised People seeking azure sea Harmful algae blooms | Unexpected gift Takes over my little brain Yields sanguine feeling |
| With the idiot gone I am sanguine and hopeful. Sanity restored. | For all who have tried To remain sanguine of late Relief tomorrow |
| Lovely sapphire skies Often hidden by the fog Summer on the beach | Tranquil sapphire sky Hushes frenetic humans Draws them into night |
| A sapphire gem is Cool energy from deep down Maybe magic too. | Winter sun-fingers Brush Kashmir sapphire sky Hopeful eyes open |
| On a strict diet Appetite not satisfied And cravings increase | I am satisfied By a smile, a sunny day, A piece of chocolate |
| Thirst keeps returning Never fully satisfied Must keep hydrating | Endless editing It's hard to be satisfied One more draft awaits The night before last I was berry satisfied Eating Jon's haiku |
| Lovely sunny day With scattered clouds is perfect For hiking the trails | Breeze-scattered garbage Unhoused by birds and raccoons Collects along fence |
| My room is scattered With random papers and books Like thoughts in my mind. | Scattered attention Makes all things come together Slower than they should |
| Spring warmth awakens Sleeping trees to start growing Tiny green leaves sprout | Peaceful, sleeping cat Hears and smells as though awake Responds instantly |
| While I am sleeping I worry about spelling Of, right, and rhythm. | Sleeping documents Roused and driven to printer For portfolio |
| Memorizing of Caesar soliloquy for English class tiresome | My soliloquy Provides me good company Informs my smart cat |
| My inner thoughts are A profound soliloquy. When spoken they're trite. | My haiku wonders If to be or not to be A soliloquy |
| Enjoy beach sunset The spumescence of orange Waves delight for eyes | Brain formed spumescence At the frothy pangram word Wind blew it away |
| When I put my hands In warm water spumescence Dishwashing is fun. | He plucks at our minds Will great Neptune's spumescence Wash Chump from this land? |
| Mystical beauty Stalactites and stalagmites Aged limestone caverns | Perseverant drips Create hidden solute art Spikes of stalactites |
| Ecclesiastic Stalactites are elastic And celestial. | Stalactite fingers Touch visitors with beauty In cool Mammoth Caves |
| Yosemite hike Half Dome straight cable climbing Scary thought for me | From days of high school 'Straight' was a forbidden word 'Forward' used instead |
| Straight-edge and compass Synthetic geometry Euclid not Descartes | Why are we called 'straight'? It seems to imply that they Are somehow crooked |
| Majestic redwoods Create strength to withstand winds With their root system | It takes strength to ask Would you please lend me a hand? Both sides benefit! |
| Strengths and weaknesses Two sides of a single coin Patience impatience | The strength of coffee Helping drinkers feel awake With but a few sips |
| Showering without Fear of pain sublime After TN subsides Kulfi is sublime On a scorching summer day Sadly, not for me | Mix warm winter day With freedom from work and chores Sublime pleasure forms |
| Music! Beethoven. Last piano sonata. Profound and sublime. | When word tissues grow And the story comes to life The thoughts flow sublime |
| Immigrants need help To successfully manage Life in new country | Five AM wake up Successfully accomplished If eyes droop by ten |
| Good enough haiku Successfully submitted On to the next word | When at last I'd built My card house successfully Grandma blew it down 😢 |
| Orange and gray skies Sunglasses wait in drawers Wishing for bright days | Darkened, ash-filled skies Negate need for sunglasses Goggles now in vogue |
| Sunglasses shade eyes From bright light but they also Conceal lying eyes. | Eyes shielded from sight Release long-captive sorrows Behind sunglasses |
| Cross river Tagus Golden gate suspension bridge Entrance to Lisbon | Mother's voice, post death Caused suspension of my grief She's still in my life! |
| Students are human Sometimes they make bad mistakes Suspension from school. | Standing suspension Bridge hangs across the river's Flowing suspension |
| The exhibition Showcased cultural tableaux From the world over | Lifelike wax tableaux Are disconcerting but fun Artworks to behold |
| The tableaux of Chess Pawns, Rooks, Knights, Bishops, Queen, King. Ready for action. | The world's animals Frozen in glass-framed tableaux At Field Museum |
| Vegan cruise offered Tantalizing desserts at End of every meal | Tantalizing thoughts Better than reality And repercussions |
| With warmer weather Tantalizing young women Bare more of their skin. With warmer weather Some women wear fewer clothes Simply to stay cool. | Creeping down the face Asimovs tantalizing Chin with beard prospects |
| Elder orphans with Lots of tchotchkes precious to them Make work for strangers | Shiny glass tchotchkes Colorful dust collectors Bring me smiles and cheer |
| Cute little trinkets Each has a story to tell My precious tchotchkes | Where have you traveled, In your xenomania? Tchotchkes tell the tale. |
| Hawaii nights are Magic. Telescopes help find Far away planets | Crisp view of craters Moon picture through telescope Resolves some details |
| Telescopes aid sight Computers help memory Dear friends enhance life | Celestial beauty, Planets, moons, stars, galaxies! Through a telescope |
| Wind blows over snow Sub zero temperature Biting winter cold | A warm bath soothes me Its temperature, I know not I happily soak |
| Our temperature Always monitored, controlled Homeostasis | Lake Superior Sub-zero temperature Sculpts icicle art |
| Such a pleasure to Observe toolsmiths hone their craft To create beauty | Life before toolsmiths Teeth, fingernails, sticks, and stones Love heat and AC |
| Artisan toolsmiths Are delighted when their tools Are used in new ways. | Teachers are toolsmiths The instruments they create Shape the world at large |
| Why use toothpicks when Fingers are perfectly fine To eat hors d'oeuvres 😁 | Restaurant staple Toothpick after dining out Helpful little tool |
| I was ten years old. I made a toothpick sculpture. I was very proud. | Toothpick's misery Called only to dislodge food Never to eat it |
| Chump supporters need Tutorial on civics And constitution | Learned through subterfuge Tutorial not offered Father shunned children |
| Web Tutorials A quick way to learn new things. Pre web - libraries? | Many citizens Could use a tutorial On citizenship |
| Early morning dew Makes each blade of grass and leaf Twinkle at sunrise | Dark days of winter Brightened by twinkle of stars On Brisbane houses |
| Why do stars twinkle? Twinkling is not something they do Little stars just are. | On Monday evening Amid the twinkle of stars Two planets, one shine. |
| Dreaming of the day When vegan foods and desserts Are ubiquitous | PCBs deadly Ubiquitous throughout world In air, water, soil |
| They aren't everywhere. Not truly ubiquitous. Just what you desire | When there's work to do Ubiquitous distractions Make it take longer |
| Trip to Hawaii Lunch under sun umbrella Lovely ocean views | With a pleasing pop Cheery umbrella opens To kiss Spring raindrops |
| Umbrellas for rain Paraguas en Español But rain is my friend! | Every now and then We all need an umbrella To shelter from storms |
| Caves of Blue mountains Underground splendor, columns Of calcium salts | Underground alive Animals, insects, fungi, Roots, tubers, water |
| At my father's grave A sudden revelation He is underground! | Superheated rocks Due to underground friction Cause the earth to quake |
| Golf seems unpopular But it is as nuanced as A good game of pool | Unpopular me Quiet phone and quiet home I live peacefully |
| I'm unpopular 😞 But my few friends are true and dear 😍 So I have no fear 😱 And I shed no tear. 😢 Shall we have a beer? 🍺 | Unpopular Paul Not a man of the people His fall leaves none cold |
| Not many rivers Remain wild and unsullied By humans' effects | New life unsullied Innocence and purity Treasured and guarded |
| No Republican Is unsullied by Trump's stench All have been defiled. | No place unsullied By the destructive effects Of global warming |
| Election results Evoke uproarious joy And jubilation | Wait...what? How?!! What the...!!! Uproarious shouts arise Pangram word hijacked! |
| It's Ridiculous. Outrageous. Uproarious. And Preposterous. | Let us begin this With uproarious applause Then work quietly |
| Catholic school was Training for uxorial Role, not for career | Solo life hectic Uxorial help needed Prefer bossy cat |
| Women in my life Have not been uxorial. I never sought such. | A marriage of words Uxorial, marital Lexical love match |
| Time spent with dear friends Is worthy vaccination For looming dark skies | People missing friends Eager for vaccination To resume hobbies |
| A vaccination Had better save the nation From that damn virus. | Comfortable fools Ignorant of history Scorn vaccination |
| What is spice of life? Variety of chillies Scoville units help | Earth's variety Shapes, colors, textures, tastes, smells Infinite pleasure Man's variety Plastics, chemicals, noise, stench Infinite assaults |
| Each day Something new Every month something Brand new Variety! Woo! | The glacier's water Irrigates variety Of bountiful crops |
| Waiting post vaccine Yo-yo Ma, the virtuoso Serenaded staff | Born or made or both? Virtuoso is much loved Though not understood |
| A virtuoso Achieves mastery with ease And a cheerful joy | Talent is needed To be a virtuoso But not sufficient |
| Some of our actions Can be coping mechanisms Not volitional | Lusty interlude A volitional escape From reality |
| Life can be tricky Volitional acts are rare Indecisiveness. | Habits run our days Volitional actions make Guest appearances |
| Throwball, tennis Baseball, volleyball and golf Ball size gets smaller | Volleyball looks fun I would enjoy trying it In summertime sun |
| Volleyball's challenge: Only 3 hits - dig set spike. Keep it in the air! | Lovably like kids MoDa went with their friend Tom To play volleyball 😁 |
| Fewer items land In wastebasket when food scraps Go in compost bin | American mouth Is the junk food wastebasket For corporate crap |
| Without wastebaskets The detritus of our lives Would grow without bound. | Discarded lessons Fill history's wastebasket Failing all of us |
| Whitewashed houses With their blue shuttered windows Charming Greek island | Ninety two percent Of plastic not recycled Marketing whitewash |
| Don't whitewash the truth Leave all the warts, the smudges, The beautiful flaws. | Pleasant history Smiley face drawn on whitewash Over dark bloodstains |
| Need windfall to say Sayonara employer Own my hours and days | It wasn't money It wasn't fruit, my windfall Was meeting you all! |
| When fruit trees grow tall Only way to get them all Is with a ... windfall. | Dreams of a windfall An air-formed mountain of cash Or hill of mangoes |
| Wistful longing for Lazy summer days playing Carroms with cousins | For what might have been And for what I wish could be I remain wistful |
| Some times I'm wistful. And some times I'm embarrassed. Mostly I'm content. | Wistful the look back At days spent sitting on rocks Watching the goats play |
| Xenomania Leads to printing Ganesha On toilet covers 😳 | Internet browsing Assists xenomania In lieu of travel |
| Local is boring. Imported is exotic. Xenomania | It's foreign to me Perhaps that's why I love it "Xenomania" |
| Xerotic landscapes Often shunned by cameras Can be stunning too | Antidepressants Caused xerotic eyes and mouth Mis-dubbed as Sjogren's |
| The xerotic spot On my testicle is both Dry and erotic. | The Earth bears tissues Made xerotic by weather Deserted by rain |
| Observed wonderful Driftwood xyloglyphy in Small town near Auckland | Rosewood ganesha Xyloglyphy impressive Sadly, tree threatened |
| Xyloglyphy is Carving your dear sweetie's name In an oak tree trunk. | I plan to resume My xyloglyphy hobby In retirement |
| Going a long time Without Jon's cookies triggers A yearning for them 😊 | Yearning for peace, love, Acceptance, end of sorrows For each living soul |
| Yearnings are many The few I choose to make real Reveal who I am. | Pangram haiku pause Leaves poets yearning for verse Now they feel better |
| Reed survives the wind By yielding to it, while oak Is mighty but breaks | Women shouting NO! No longer yielding power! Women will now lead! |
| When bicycling Yielding is indicated. Iron monsters. Yikes! | Seeds sown for four years Are now yielding bitter fruit Eat them at leisure |
| To retain youthful Vigor, exercise and eat Healthy whole grain foods | Youthful company Exuberance ignites mood Unlocks my old mind |
| You're youthful if you're Flexible, spontaneous, Open, forgiving. | Youthful shininess Would make everything smoother In one's rusty years |
| Imagine having To work the zamindar's land For a mere pittance | Tenant cat Snowy Walks all over zamindar And friend Aruna |
| Real estate tycoon California Zamindar I yam what I yam. | If you're a peasant Don't let the zamindar's eye Catch you doing well |
| Wild, zealous rivers Erode rock and soil to make Beautiful landscapes | Winter's cold embrace Quiets my zealous cravings For ice cream delights |
| The most zealous ones Are often recent converts. Need validation. | Caught in the tight grip Of zealous finals grading I missed last night's fun |
| Carpet of red leaves Dance in the gentle zephyrs Lovely fall season | Soft warm sand cradles, Zephyrs caress unclothed skin, Tranquil mind floats free |
| Northern zephyrs bring Exotic tales of heroes From far away lands. | Reaching from the west Soft fingers of the zephyrs Stroke the eastern lands Ze weary old curs Felt ze fingers of zephyrs Run soft through ze furs |
| Bitter fenugreek Made sweet by zymolysis In yummy dosas | Fungal catalyst Yeast performs zymolysis Yields many compounds |
| Did man once live on Bread alone? Or beer alone? Zymolysis, Yay! | Time zymolysis By the portfolio beast Delayed my haiku |