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Meet Me Over There

2008-06-28T19:15:00.002-04:00

haikupoet.com — the blog has run its course. For now I will continue to keep it available as an archive, but all future Extra Special Bitter ramblings, haiku and otherwise, will be posted at http://extraspecialbitter.blogspot.com/. As always, thank you for shopping...

2008-06-19T23:56:00.001-04:00

longest day —
the sign in big black letters reads:
LOST CAT

2008-06-17T10:03:00.000-04:00

full moon —
my granddaughter touches
my silver hair

2008-06-13T10:02:00.000-04:00

crowded train —
her snake tattoo
scowls at me

2008-06-12T09:06:00.001-04:00

train running late
I almost cheat
at solitaire

2008-06-10T16:28:00.001-04:00

waiting for the train
wilted peonies
in a wine bottle

2008-06-09T22:41:00.001-04:00

hot summer night —
the dog’s breath
against my leg

2008-06-04T13:52:00.000-04:00

summer drizzle —
sighing over old photographs
again

2008-06-03T22:36:00.000-04:00

writer’s block —
the summer’s first
mosquito bite

2008-06-02T19:11:00.001-04:00

June —
the dog corners a snake
in the backyard

2008-05-31T16:54:00.001-04:00

Redondo Beach —
a golden-haired Elvis
sings to the sea gulls

2008-05-27T19:40:00.001-04:00

May showers —
I give my employer
two week’s notice

2008-05-24T19:26:00.000-04:00

dusk —
searching for
the first firefly

2008-05-19T16:01:00.000-04:00

steam from a manhole cover...
I forgot to wear deodorant

2008-05-18T15:58:00.001-04:00

safety first —
an extra lifeguard
at the nude beach

Riviera Maya, Mexico

2008-05-16T15:59:00.000-04:00

Mayan ruins —
an iguana at the highest point
of the temple wall

Tulum, Mexico

2008-05-11T13:19:00.000-04:00

Mother’s Day —
a withered rose
in the produce section

2008-05-01T16:45:00.001-04:00

May Day —
deep in thought
I cut myself shaving

2008-04-29T18:34:00.001-04:00

was it something I said?
storm clouds break
just before sunset

2008-04-24T16:09:00.001-04:00

sunny day —
the psychic
reads her horoscope

2008-04-20T12:08:00.001-04:00

warm April morning —
the dog rolls around
in freshly-planted grass seed

2008-04-18T18:27:00.001-04:00

waiting for the alarm to ring the dog snores

2008-04-18T12:47:00.001-04:00

Friday —
the Salesman sings
“Dream On”

2008-04-15T23:05:00.001-04:00

April 15th —
a soggy dog treat
in my pocket

2008-04-09T08:34:00.001-04:00

was it something I said?
tire tracks
in the flower bed

2008-04-05T23:29:00.001-04:00

new moon —
is that sea gull
calling my name?

new moon —
my youngest son’s
scraggly goatee

2008-04-01T12:39:00.001-04:00

April Fool —
my weary face
in the mirror

2008-03-31T15:35:00.000-04:00

spring snow —
a typo
on my resume

2008-03-25T22:52:00.001-04:00

spring at last!
we never did
rake the leaves

2008-03-23T23:35:00.000-04:00

Easter Sunday —
a shooting star
over the nursing home

Easter Sunday —
the doctor’s
cold stethoscope

Easter Sunday —
a broken clock
in the waiting room

2008-03-21T15:38:00.001-04:00

Good Friday —
a dozen empty beer cans
in the shape of a cross

2008-03-20T22:42:00.000-04:00

first day of Spring —
the steamed windows
of a parked car

2008-03-19T22:48:00.001-04:00

March drizzle —
a long-distance phone call
from “Caller ID Blocked”

2008-03-19T14:27:00.000-04:00

mixed precipitation —
an old friend calls to tell me
another friend has died

2008-03-15T18:16:00.000-04:00

The Ides of March —
my son won’t return
my phone calls

2008-03-13T22:33:00.001-04:00

March —
the high tension wires
whistle

2008-03-09T11:55:00.001-04:00

Daylight Savings Time —
and yet I’ve lost
an hour...

2008-03-08T11:46:00.000-05:00

winter rain —
debating whether or not
to call my son

2008-03-06T22:42:00.000-05:00

new moon —
an old friend marvels
at my gray hair

2008-03-05T22:54:00.001-05:00

new moon —
a basement light
in the vacant house

2008-03-05T11:45:00.000-05:00

waiting room —
nobody asks me
what I’m waiting for

2008-03-04T21:15:00.002-05:00

melting snow —
my blood pressure
soars

2008-03-01T11:11:00.000-05:00

melting snow — another missed phone call

2008-02-29T15:01:00.001-05:00

Sadie Hawkins Day —
shouldn’t the dog
walk herself tonight?

2008-02-28T21:29:00.000-05:00

late winter —
we invent new words
for snow

2008-02-27T10:10:00.000-05:00

winter rain —
a massive puddle
between here
and
there

2008-02-26T09:04:00.000-05:00

snow turns to rain —
a reply to my text message
three days later

2008-02-24T15:44:00.001-05:00

time to write...
the drip, drip, drip
of the bathroom sink

2008-02-22T09:46:00.000-05:00

fresh snow —
I hold the door
for the boss

2008-02-21T22:19:00.000-05:00

full moon —
the dog sniffs
every shadow

2008-02-20T22:21:00.000-05:00

full moon —
how it dances
in my glass of wine

2008-02-19T22:39:00.001-05:00

full moon —
her
long
blonde
hair

2008-02-18T17:15:00.003-05:00

fog
the three-day weekend
ends

2008-02-17T18:42:00.001-05:00

winter rain —
the dog’s head
on my lap

2008-02-14T13:03:00.001-05:00

Valentine’s Day —
forget-me-nots
from what’s-her-name

2008-02-07T22:04:00.000-05:00

new moon...
the
same
old
promises

2008-02-06T09:38:00.001-05:00

market watch —
dandelion seeds
in the air

2008-02-05T18:47:00.000-05:00

out of shape
I exercise
my right to vote

2008-02-04T09:33:00.000-05:00

staff meeting —
Monday morning quarterbacks
with Super hangovers

2008-02-03T17:59:00.000-05:00

Super Bowl Sunday —
a quarterback sneak
to the liquor store

2008-02-02T11:16:00.001-05:00

Ground Hog Day —
nothing but
broken clouds

2008-01-20T18:53:00.000-05:00

snow flurries —
a new gray hair
in my beard

2008-01-15T15:02:00.001-05:00

more snow in the forecast —
a third cup of coffee

2008-01-13T22:49:00.001-05:00

snow in the forecast
I’ve misplaced
my will

2008-01-10T23:10:00.001-05:00

dirty snow —
I open up
a rollover IRA

2008-01-08T23:18:00.001-05:00

January thaw —
we crack open
the good wine

2008-01-02T23:40:00.001-05:00

single-digit temperatures —
my wife’s phone number
on caller ID

2007-12-31T19:42:00.000-05:00

New Year’s Eve —
my one year-old granddaughter
staggers like I do

2007-12-25T08:46:00.000-05:00

Christmas morning —
whose turn is it
to walk the dog?

2007-12-22T20:26:00.000-05:00

solstice —
my son the Marine
complains of boredom

2007-12-21T08:49:00.001-05:00

restless night —
the ice dam
drips

2007-12-20T15:52:00.000-05:00

sick day —
another 3 to 5
inches of snow

2007-12-16T08:26:00.000-05:00

ice dam —
words
fail me

2007-12-05T10:51:00.000-05:00

dirty snow —
another voicemail
from my ex-wife

2007-12-04T08:42:00.001-05:00

my granddaughter turns one —
a kitten
scatters crows

2007-12-03T23:43:00.000-05:00

black ice —
I turn off
my favorite song

2007-12-01T10:49:00.000-05:00

December —
the crunch of road salt
in an empty pub

2007-11-25T23:19:00.000-05:00

hunter’s moon —
the dog’s eyes
widen

2007-11-23T23:38:00.001-05:00

Black Friday —
an ambulance arrives
at the Nursing Home

2007-11-22T13:56:00.000-05:00

quiet Thanksgiving —
a cat crawls out
of the dumpster

2007-11-20T12:01:00.001-05:00

first snow —
whose turn is it
to walk the dog?

2007-11-18T13:54:00.000-05:00

too cold to snow
she won’t return
my call

2007-11-17T23:18:00.001-05:00

November wind —
an uninvited guest
rattles the shutters

2007-11-16T23:52:00.000-05:00

hard frost —
acorns at the foot
of the old oak

2007-11-12T18:58:00.000-05:00

Armistice Day —
I rescue a moth
from a spider web

2007-11-11T12:23:00.001-05:00

Veteran’s Day rain —
an old man holds an umbrella
above the monument

(an “oldie” from November 1998)

2007-11-09T09:09:00.000-05:00

last day on the job —
frost on both sides
of the windshield

2007-11-06T20:01:00.000-05:00

late train —
a billboard asks
“Do you have insomnia?”

2007-11-03T23:09:00.000-04:00

November night —
the steam rising
from a dead cat

2007-11-02T20:03:00.000-04:00

Day of the Dead —
my son graduates
from The Academy

2007-11-01T18:01:00.000-04:00

a trumpet plays Taps —
my son the Marine informs me
his Liberty is over

2007-10-31T08:32:00.001-04:00

Halloween commute —
Elvis asks
for spare change

2007-10-30T09:15:00.000-04:00

morning commute —
no need to run
it’s the MBTA

2007-10-29T09:13:00.000-04:00

closing the storm windows —
the Red Sox win
the World Series

2007-10-26T23:22:00.001-04:00

midnight —
the tired groan
of a freight train

2007-10-25T18:10:00.000-04:00

freshly fallen leaves —
a two-hour meeting
I can’t avoid

2007-10-19T10:27:00.001-04:00

mild October day —
a street sweeper stalls
outside Fenway

2007-10-18T13:21:00.000-04:00

this one started as a sentence fragment:

how thoughtful of the train
to give me so much time
to solve the master sudoku

...which was then distilled to something more senryu-esque:

train running late
I solve
the master sudoku

I’m still trying to decide which I like better...

2007-10-17T10:47:00.001-04:00

cool autumn night —
gently covering
the chile peppers

2007-10-16T23:45:00.001-04:00

an important decision:
“there is a season
turn turn turn”