pierced by the radio tower on Signal Hill the back-to-school moon
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gK is a member of the Southern California Haiku Study Group. Besides writing haiku, senryu, and tanka, gK also writes science fiction haiku (also known as scifaiku), and is a moderator for the scifaiku mailing list at Yahoo! Groups.
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Really nice to see this one here, gK. Love “back-to-school” moon.
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clockwork children march
through history books turning
pages into dreams
I still have my old school satchel. Every decade or so I open it up and look inside. Real leather (poor cow) with graffiti that speaks volumes over the years.. Also, an exercise book for each subject – nothing has changed.
Very nice, gK. Back-to-school moon is a great kigo. Your one-liner works well because breaking the moment into three lines would be clumsy at the L1/L2 break.
Your poem prompted my recollection of “light” affected by “engineered things.”
the blinding glint
of a passing big rig
a mudflap girl
The “back-to-school moon” was from a personal project trying to come up with new names for the different moons–sort of a modern-day equivalent to the American Indian names for moons.
Mary-Lane: If you look at the Wikipedia article for “Signal Hill” or check the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, you’ll see numerous Signal Hills, but only one is an incorporated city.
Really nice to see this one here, gK. Love “back-to-school” moon.
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clockwork children march
through history books turning
pages into dreams
(a dark ku dude)
Very nice, gK. Back-to-school moon is a great kigo. Your one-liner works well because breaking the moment into three lines would be clumsy at the L1/L2 break.
Your poem prompted my recollection of “light” affected by “engineered things.”
the blinding glint
of a passing big rig
a mudflap girl
Really glad to see this haiku on Tinywords. Ed says it so succinctly so I won’t say more.
Interesting haiku by electaglide!
Really like Ed’s mudflap girl, very original!
Wow, thanks Alan!
Love your “signal hill,” very evocative. We have a Signal Hill here in Kansas City, too, so I thought you might be from here.
Thanks everyone.
The “back-to-school moon” was from a personal project trying to come up with new names for the different moons–sort of a modern-day equivalent to the American Indian names for moons.
Mary-Lane: If you look at the Wikipedia article for “Signal Hill” or check the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, you’ll see numerous Signal Hills, but only one is an incorporated city.
early riser chilly greeting of eyes-half-shut
waxing moon
fabulous haiku – thanks – and the ‘mudflap girl’ – perfect.
SLAPPIN’ TIME
transcontinentals
speaking shards of bright water
as we pick mushrooms
(nice montage ed)
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