deep winter dive bar stares from an unfamiliar face
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Nicholas Mathisen
Nicholas Mathisen is a writer and creative director living in Portland, OR. His poems have been published in Modern Haiku, Failed Haiku, Presence, Bones, bottle rockets, and Prune Juice. When he's not writing haiku, he's making ad-like-objects. View all posts by Nicholas Mathisen
dive bar
the polar bear signals
for more ice
deep winter dive bar stares from an unfamiliar face
—NICHOLAS MATHISEN
Dive bar is a colloquial American term for a disreputable bar or pub. When I frequented a similar bar it was a crime pub, mostly populated by heavy duty criminals. I was just a restaurant bar manager going to this pub after my work shift finished. But haven't we all spent even a single evening at the most worst choice of a bar or pub, or nightclub?
Who is really unfamiliar? Sometimes a stranger is better known.
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Hopper diners the fading starlight short orders gather momentum
so1oku by Alan Summers
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so1oku is the creation of Alan Summers
Yes, that's the number 1 not a letter
so1oku are one line haikai thoughts.
so1oku©Alan Summers
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