Selected haiku

7 November 2021

lime floats in gin and
tonic like a fish, attracts
fluffy predator

baguette delivers
garlic confit, Parmesan, 
parsley to our mouths

squirrel eats pumpkin
decorations, a welcome
break from endless nuts

Inspired by John Ashbery’s “37 Haiku,” here are 3 haiku about Halloween.

anyone can pretend to be anything they’d like on Halloween

prostitute’s yellow tunic looks becoming, does not beckon clients

melted dinosaurs become the corn cob base of an Internet meme

two cats meet; the one
made with sugar is less sweet
than the one with fur

Kyp hunts: for mice, treats
or cuddles? this cat's doing
serious business

among the blue and
white flowers of the chair, a
black and white dog rests

this Baja Blast Freeze
was thawed by summer heat and 
the warmth of friendship

longer than an oak 
leaf, slug full of abundant
summer bugs seeks more

dog sniffs late summer
flowers, prey, and rivals in 
cool air after storm