Favored Jaikus


  1. "America"
  2.  -Hi, may I help you?
    --Call the police!  I've been mugged!
     -Any fries with that?
    

  3. "(Inspiration Unnamed)"
  4.     Fiendish she-devil!
    I trusted you with my heart,
       But you ate it whole.
    

  5. "Haiku for a Doomed Youth" (or, "April 24th, 1993")
  6.      "I called myself
    Jezebel.  I don't believe."
        She crumbled roses.
    

  7. "my socks are wet"
  8.     The rain falls in lines --
    Prison bars wrought from steel sky --
        My heart's quest: release.
    

  9. "X-Postcard: The weather is here. Wish you were beautiful."
  10. My sandwich taunts me,
    With humor dry as desert dust --
    It's ham on wry toast.
    

  11. "In reply to my reply"
  12.   I did not correct,
    Merely composed a haiku.
      You did not notice.
    

  13. "The Vacation Never Taken"
  14. Mexican hotel:
    Gekkos live on the ceiling;
       Shower, up the road.
    

  15. "Arizona Winter"
  16. Blue blanket heaven,
    My teeth reflect white sunshine:
       Spring's aching foreplay.
    

  17. "The Most Important Meal of the Day"
  18. Sugar crystal frost
    Flaky donut residue
    Breakfast aftermath
    


Copyright 1994, 1995 Jack Holt