Afternoon of June 21, 2025

 

 

she suspects I might be genetically predisposed

to abduction

by UFOs

~Patrick Sweeney

he made everyone feel they were poor listeners

~Patrick Sweeney

the demeanor of a man who flunked second grade

~Patrick Sweeney

our tired and poor still tired and poor

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

after 'hi' it was always who's paying for this long-distance phone call

~Patrick Sweeney

news fog - headlines reach dew point

~Dara Royal

he's not the kind of guy to change his assigned seat

~Patrick Sweeney

avoiding my own playlist

~Patrick Sweeney

engaging me

in conversation

her stinky breath

~Tejendra Sherchan

six foot four man

six inch baby bunny

sharing secrets

~Belinda Behne

the conversation turned zodiacal

I put Cassius

on mute

~Patrick Sweeney

reunion

uneasily walking on

the University's grasses

~Patrick Sweeney

all

the daisies I ruined

for love

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

everyone should have an older brother

who says watch out for the werewolf

on the dark stairs

~Patrick Sweeney

 

Afternoon of June 20, 2025

monsoon dusk

beetles rise from earth

one by one

~Neena Singh

 

storm-wet wood

an earwig curls

into silence

~Neena Singh

her thing-like character in excess materiality

~Vijay Prasad

 

generation after generation poverty

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

Snail moves towards eternity

Moves towards meagre demand

Without rush

But with a vast life snail...

That's why, it is alive and meets eternity.

~Partha Sarkar

waning moon

little by little

I disappear

~Jackie Chou

 

overthinking

the annoyed caw

of a crow

~Jackie Chou

off-stage

actor’s knife sharpened

he waits

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

afternoon nap

jumping awake thinking

it’s tomorrow

~Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky

sips –

coffee rings

until yesterday

~Elliot Diamond

 

 

A call for haiku about American Independence Day

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15852436

 

Morning of June 19, 2025

 

 

 

sugar maple

kept awake with

jelly beans

~Jerome Berglund

held

too tightly

sugar glass

    summer fling

~Jerome Berglund &

    Shane Coppage

script doctor 

feeling pleasure 

removing pain

    the serviceberry

~Jerome Berglund &

    Shane Coppage

summer

reflections of a cat’s

tail thumping

    it's all angelology

    really

~Christina Chin &

    Jerome Berglund

monoculture:

there will be

no heirs

~Jerome Berglund

Happy World Air Day

Abnormal smog in cognition.

Nothing is visible.

Happy World Air Day.

~Partha Sarkar

The curve of a shell

Gentle effervescence

Quieting emotions

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Being grateful

For the crumbs you throw

That’s not happening

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Memories

Of you burning sage

It didn’t work

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

a peacock's tail

she's burdened

with beauty

~Bipasha Majumder (De)

For My Daughter

 

My wish to you is that

you need no words from your father.

 

Though if you decide you want them

they are here.

~Noah Berlatsky

mind your step

don’t slip

into autocracy

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

minding

the suet

wing walkers

~Roberta Beach Jacobson

I keep seeing things

in my peripheral view

but when I turn to look

they are gone

was it you?

~Jennifer Gurney

when right

is also obtuse

present tense

~Jennifer Gurney