haiku by David G. Lanoue
dark world
a storm brewing
butterflies
Modern Haiku 22.3 (Fall 1991)
written 7 April 1991
his only toy a beer can
lone brown
puppy
Modern Haiku 23.1 (Winter-Spring 1992)
written 19 July 1991
silent night, holy night
three
at the bar
Modern Haiku 23.2 (Summer 1992)
written 16 November 1991
the fly that won't shoo
has a broken
wing
Dewdrop World (2013)
written 2 June 1991
Jack O'Lantern leers
they check
the candy
Modern Haiku 25.1 (Winter-Spring 1994)
written 12 October 1991
the coach is Dad
little league
is hard
Haiku Wars (2009)
written 11 June 1991
tabby cat on moon patrol
stepping
light
Modern Haiku 23.2 (Summer 1992)
written 15 October 1991
my ferret's memorial
musk-scented
pillow
Haiku Wars (2009)
written 30 November 1995
my furry friend
go ferret out
heaven
Modern Haiku 27.2 (Summer 1996)
written 13 October 1995
in the murder capital
one eye
on the moon
Modern Haiku 28.2 (Summer 1997)
written 8 October 1995
on a sign
pointing two ways
butterfly
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 9 August 1996
it's a cold world
goose egg
in the lake
Haiku Guy (2000)
written 26 October 1996
not a burden
moon on the bent
branches
Haiku Guy (2000)
written 18 March 1996
in soft rose light
they beat
a man
Haiku Wars (2009)
written 20 April 1996
the homeless dog
is home
to fleas
Haiku Guy (2000)
written 10 November 1996
the old priest dines
his wine
just wine
Modern Haiku 30.1 (Winter-Spring 1999)
written 31 August 1998
the woman in the
window seat
closes the clouds
Jointure 75 (Summer 2003)
written 21 December 1999
the cold front reaches
the Deep South
nipple by nipple
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 9 October 2000
a "Lost Dog" sign
nailed deep
into the oak
Frogpond 27.2 (2004)
written 17 July 2000
this body of mine
part temple
part tavern
Dewdrop World (2013)
written 3 September 2000
foggy campus
the student I failed
walks away
Laughing Buddha (2004)
written 22 February 2001
she's naked in the hallway
I put on
my glasses
Frogpond 31.1 (Winter 2008)
written 4 November 2001
we make love
to the laugh track
motel TV
Bottle Rockets 20 (2009)
written 13 August 2001
one star
over the airport
another Beatle has died
Frogpond 31.1 (winter 2008)
written 30 November 2001
pizza parlor
after the murders
help wanted
Cordite Poetry Review 29.1 (2009)
written 15 September 2002
four little boys in the fountain
two of them
real
Haiku Page 1.2 (Fall 2008)
written 4 August 2002
sculpture garden
Hercules' penis
wins
Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem, A Film by Tazuo Yamaguchi (2008)
written 2 June 2002
mirrors, mirrors
drinking
with my bald spot
Laughing Buddha (2004)
written 18 August 2003
cloudy valley
the dog barks
at himself
Bottle Rockets 7 (2005)
written 7 June 2004
after their war
in the sand
swinging on swings
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 7 June 2004
sign on the Riverwalk
telescope
"for distant viewing"
Haiku Wars (2009)
written 18 January 2004
blind man in the strip club
she holds
his hand
Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem, A Film by Tazuo Yamaguchi (2008)
written 4 August 2004
the stroke victim
moans along
"Silent Night"
Haiku Svyat 1 (2013)
written 14 December 2005
flooded office
little white boats
of poetry
Haiku Svyat 2 (2014)
written 18 April 2005
looking up
from Bulgarian Made Easy
Cyrillic clouds
Frog Poet (2012)
written 15 July 2005
someone else
couldn't sleep, the warm
toilet seat
Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem, A Film by Tazuo Yamaguchi (2008)
written 4 November 2005
my evil plan is working!
a fly
rubbing hands
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 7 June 2006
hammering
the sunset down
roofer
Bottle Rockets19 (2008)
written 10 February 2006
new to the beach
her jellyfish
is a condom
Haiku Wars (2009)"
written 15 July 2006
galaxies collide
in 400 billion years
get ready
Haiku Wars (2009)
written 23 May 2006
busy mind
two indigo butterflies
at the edge
Modern Haiku 38.1 (Winter-Spring 2007)
written 16 March 2006
after the hurricane
the shady avenue
isn't
Bottle Rockets 15 (2006)
written 7 January 2006
exit poll
a brown dog
sniffing
Modern Haiku 38:1 (Winter-Spring 2007)
written 22 April 2006
after his lecture
on Buddhism
red-light Shinjuku
Bottle Rockets 20 (2009)
written 14 October 2007
somewhere in the snowy pines
a crow
going crazy
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 21 February 2007
the history of the morning
stamped
in snow
Haiku Wars (2009)"
written 21 February 2007
a museum of chairs
and nowhere
to sit
Frogpond 32.3 (2009)
written 22 February 2007
she adjusts her g-string
to hide
the scar
Haiku Wars (2009)"
written 6 May 2007
enjoying
the primate exhibit
two elephants
Mayfly 46 (Winter 2008)
written 6 October 2007
balcony view
the blonde's black
secret
Modern Haiku 39.3 (Autumn 2008)
written 22 August 2007
lonely with his cloud
saint
on a spire
Modern Haiku 39.3 (Autumn 2008)
written 17 June 2007
yoga class over
a collective "Om!"
of relief
Senryu Therapy: American-Romanian Anthology (2012)
written 17 March 2008
Halloween night
the Goth kids
are Goth kids
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 31 October 2008
another place
I've sinned
boarded-up hotel
Frogpond 36.2 (2013)
written 21 July 2008
one of them
brings home a flower
ants
Haiku Wars (2009)
written 24 August 2008
atop his column
the Southern general
dark against the stars
Frogpond 36.3 (2013)
written 14 July 2008
surprises in the bedroom
she read
a magazine
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 20 July 2008
food poisoned in France
a night
of drizzles
Cordite Poetry Review 29.1 (2009)
written 17 December 2008
crying tears
of pigeon shit
the bronze king
Cordite Poetry Review 29.1 (2009)
written 19 December 2008
Dante's first day
in hell
"This ain't right!"
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 2 November 2009
waiting for a lady
all that comes
is rain
Bottle Rockets 22 (2010)
written 26 July 2009
raiding the monkey's food
freeborn
rats
Modern Haiku 41.2 (Summer 2010)
written 20 December 2009
water striders stride
her mother's sinking
ashes
A Sign Pointing Two Ways (Colombia: Rompesilencios, 2016)
written 3 January 2010
under the red army
monument
free love
Senryu Therapy: American-Romanian Anthology (2012)
written 29 May 2010
I drive her
to her abortion, a ladybug
on the windshield
Modern Haiku 42.2 (Summer 2011)
written 15 July 2010
when he reaches the square
the beggar
becomes lame
Senryu Therapy: American-Romanian Anthology (2012)
written 30 May 2010
on the shovel he used
to bury haiku
a slug
Frog Poet (2012)
written 21 January 2010
a cat meows for love
I drink my way
to the olive
Bottle Rockets 24 (2011)
written 30 May 2010
old pond
popcorn falls into
the quacks
Bottle Rockets 24 (2011)
written 30 May 2010
she bends low for a coin
streetcar
named desire
South Wind: A Haiku Anthology (2018)
written 27 June 2011
first date
ceiling fans stirring
our thoughts
Modern Haiku 43.2 (Summer 2012)
written 18 December 2011
tents at Valley Forge
tents
on Wall Street
Bottle Rockets 27 (2012)
written 6 November 2011
after the perky majorettes
stone-faced boys
with trumpets
Bottle Rockets 27 (2012)
written 27 February 2011
the dentist drills
into bone
cicadas
Modern Haiku 47.2 (Summer 2016)
written 13 August 2011
everyone's a liar
I toss my scoop
of dirt
Modern Haiku 47.3 (Fall 2016)
written 23 May 2012
a mouse in the airport
I tell
no one
Haiku Svyat 2 (2014)
written 18 December 2012
a snowball
in space hurtles past
new pope
Modern Haiku 44:3 (Fall 2013)
written 16 March 2013
naughty altar boys
guzzle
the blood
Frogpond 39.2 (Spring/Summer 2016)
written 8 March 2013
spring dawn
I put on
my gender
Modern Haiku 44:3 (Fall 2013)
written 30 March 2013
painted rock canyon
we fill our pockets
with ghosts
Kado 2.1 (March-April 2013)
written 3 January 2013
the bush of Moses
burned
mine is chirping
Bottle Rockets 30 (2014)
written 21 October 2013
she drinks
the blood of men, she says
I buy her a Coke
Bottle Rockets 30 (2014)
written 15 June 2013
her golden retriever
licks
the rapist
The Heron's Nest 16.1 (March 2014)
written 17 August 2013
his leash
in his mouth
the dog walks himself
Haiku Svyat 2 (2014)
written 26 June 2013
longest day
deleting the dead
from my phone
Bottle Rockets 30 (2014)
written 22 June 2013
still twitching
as the screen goes dark
my broken gnat
Toshio Kimura, Ed., The Sleepless Planet (Modern Haiku Association 2018)
written 18 August 2014
cold DC morning
she jogs past facades
of democracy
Bottle Rockets 33 (2015)
written 6 December 2014
joining the orgy
on the computer screen
a moth
Bottle Rockets 33 (2015)
written 6 December 2014
his mother in the hospital
I'll pray for her
I lie
Bottle Rockets 34 (2016)
written 10 April 2014
rough seas
reading Moby Dick
in the bathtub
A Splash of Water: Haiku Society of America Member's Anthology 2015
written 20 July 2014
Kerouac House
the sound of one hand
typing
Bottle Rockets 33 (2015)
written 16 March 2015
spring wind
the blind girl's hair
covers her face
Modern Haiku 46.3 (Autumn 2015)
written 19 May 2015
Lord Mayor
of the roses
a street dog
Free Hugs to Strangers: Haiku Anthology (Sofia: Sofia City Library, 2016)
written 11 June 2016
her teeth stained red
with wine
election night
Catalyst 14 (2017)
written 25 November 2016
crippled roach
a child's shriek
ends you
Ein Gefühl von Neugierde: 101 Haiku (Norderstedt: BoD, 2018)
written 30 March 2016
pink rollerblades
why can't I
be fearless?
Ein Gefühl von Neugierde: 101 Haiku (Norderstedt: BoD, 2018)
written 2 July 2017
American eclipse
the sun's long black
shadow
Ein Gefühl von Neugierde: 101 Haiku (Norderstedt: BoD, 2018)
written 22 August 2017
Buddha's birthday
nerve-gassed babies
in a row
Catalyst 14 (2017)
written 8 April 2017
matador down
they don't give the bull
his ear
Ein Gefühl von Neugierde: 101 Haiku (Norderstedt: BoD, 2018)
written 20 June 2017
sunset posts
gull, gull, gull, gull
pelican
Ein Gefühl von Neugierde: 101 Haiku (Norderstedt: BoD, 2018)
written 3 November 2018