Here are some haiku from my vacation in Kauai (February 14 – 27, 2011).
Some are according to strict rules. Some are not.
Tuesday, Feb 15:
on Po'ipu Beach
the sun burnt away the fog
this Tuesday morning.
Wednesday, Feb. 16:
monk seals on the beach.
both seem as if they are dead
but are just asleep.
Thursday, Feb 17:
calm horizon's sea;
but closer, waves thump the rocks
and shake the condo.
Friday, Feb 18:
in pools atop reef
mottled fish small as minnows
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Raymond Rapozo is the guy who built my ukulele. This is him and it, just after he trimmed the frets in his workshop in Kapa'a, Kauai. http://www.ukuleledirect.com/ |
dart here and dart there.
Saturday, Feb. 19:
rainy day forecast,
so it's a day for errands
and lunch at Costco.
Sunday, Feb. 20:
A flash out at sea
seconds later thunder booms
then the heavy rains.
Monday, Feb. 21:
end of a wet day,
fifty chordophones: one song
makes things much brighter.
Tuesday, Feb. 22:
running to gain speed
the albatross takes flight, swoops
out toward the sea.
Wednesday, Feb. 23:
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| Kalalau Valley from above after the clouds lifted. |
below, the clouds shroud,
then reveal the folded cliffs
of Kalalau.
whales: breaching, spouting;
rivalry and showing off.
it's courting season.
no warning at all:
BOOM! thunder rips sky above
soon sending showers.
Thursday, Feb 24:
rays glint on ripples
while laughing children chase waves.
sunny Po'ipu.
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| Po'ipu Beach in late afternoon. |
Friday, Feb 25:
stand-up paddle board
looks easy from a distance.
I fall like a pro.
sunny veranda
I play my ukulele
while whales breach and spout.
Saturday, Feb 26:
'neath Na Pali's cliffs
parrot fish passes my mask:
a rainbow that swims.
sad to have to leave
but time to return has come.
aloha for now.
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Added July 3, 2011
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Added July 3, 2011
In October of 1998 I resolved to do one heroic couplet or one haiku a day. My resolve faltered on the third day and disappeared altogether after the 5th. The results:
Oct. 21
on drizzly, darkened, shiny parking lot
a xylophone and students. doing what?
Oct. 22
steel-blue Jupiter
no other star dares approach
this cold, moonless night.
Oct. 24
big-sky autumn day
three silent, silvery birds
trailing long white tails
Oct. 25
end of the nineties
style dictates: OK to wear
baseball caps inside.
transplanted today
lavender, rosemary, thyme
perfume fills my rooms.
