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    haikupoet.com
    the haiku blog of paul david mena

    Monday, October 31, 2005

    Halloween —
    the devil
    knows my name

     

    Sunday, October 30, 2005

    Devil’s Night —
    the ghostly glow
    of CNN

     

    Saturday, October 29, 2005

    October snow —
    suddenly I feel
    so old

     

    Friday, October 28, 2005

    food shopping —
    one more bag of Halloween candy
    “just in case”

     

    Thursday, October 27, 2005

    layoff rumors —
    a full cup
    of burnt coffee

     

    Wednesday, October 26, 2005

    Halloween —
    President Bush thanks me
    for the Snickers bar

     

    Tuesday, October 25, 2005

    snow in the forecast
    I microwave
    my coffee

     

    Monday, October 24, 2005

    startled from sleep —
    did I save
    that spreadsheet?

     

    Sunday, October 23, 2005

    phone call
    from my ex-wife —
    mold on a peach

     

    Saturday, October 22, 2005

    the old tree —
    crossed-out initials
    inside a heart

     

    Friday, October 21, 2005

    first frost —
    more than a touch of gray
    in my beard

     

    Thursday, October 20, 2005

    were you speaking?
    I was busy
    counting stars

     

    Wednesday, October 19, 2005

    gibbous moon —
    an email from my ex-wife
    flagged as “junk”

     

    Tuesday, October 18, 2005

    slow night —
    the barmaid buys
    another round

     

    Monday, October 17, 2005

    october —
    I go to work wearing
    the wrong color socks

     

    Sunday, October 16, 2005



    october wind —
    the dog guards
    a freshly fallen acorn

     

    Friday, October 14, 2005

    clearing trend —
    a stranger returns
    my “hello”

     

    Thursday, October 13, 2005

    night terror —
    the crack in the dogwood branch
    deepens

     

    Wednesday, October 12, 2005

    october
    all the storm windows
    closed

     

    Tuesday, October 11, 2005

    startled from sleep
    the broken gutter
    drips

     

    Monday, October 10, 2005

    the forecast:
    monday morning drizzle
    all week long

     

    Saturday, October 08, 2005

    high school football game —
    my son takes his helmet off
    in the driving rain

     

    Friday, October 07, 2005



    heightened security —
    pigeons watch the cop
    who walks the beat

     

    Thursday, October 06, 2005

    quiet night —
    a fish swims
    through the moon

     

    Tuesday, October 04, 2005

    wrong number —
    the dog climbs into
    my side of the bed

     

    Monday, October 03, 2005

    new moon —
    not much new
    this monday morning

     

    Sunday, October 02, 2005

    October —
    a shower of champagne
    in the winning clubhouse

     

    Saturday, October 01, 2005

    October —
    I show my teenaged sons
    how to use an axe