It’s Miller Time!

A REASON FOR DEAR CREAM. The Boston Post says that the reason why cream is so dear is, that milk has risen so high the cream can't reach the top. Jest No.125

A Swift One To Get You Going

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.Jonathan Swift I've decided to refereeMy children like competing football teamsI may be offside but I stand byThe penaltiesAnd free kicks The benefit of having no classIs that if you bother meI'll put this bootRight up your arse Sometimes you kickSometimes …

Black & White Abandon

Reading haiku is like viewing a photograph or a painting. A haiku is a moment of time, isolated, and held up for viewing.Harley King silhouettes of herdeep, bold pools of inky blackfeatureless, I drown ebony branchesstalled in heavenly ascentdusted by still snow A haiku has a special season word (the kigo) to represent the season …

Fall in Transition

the love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. this is the unspoken creed of haiku poets. r.h. blyth bombard streaking kiteprey erupts in russet leavesblink from tail to talon the water babblesseasons impasse gravels tonescold winter silence haiku was given its current name by the japanese …

Galaxy in a Tea Cup

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.Santōka Taneda a droplet of milkspirals within moving rockheavenly rivers renewal of hopeJanuary is defeatevery year must end The haiku developed from the hokku, the opening three lines of a longer poem known as a tanka. …