I still dream about
you because it's the softest
thing I can sleep on
--Audbon Dougherty

                                               

J.D Salinger
wrote haikus through character
Seymour Glass, deceased.
--Danielle Van Vooren

                                               

sleepy time for kitty cats
scared of mice and rats
going to buy some poison
--Greta Pedersen

                                               

Bonsai
Mother gave me roots
But not too deep; clipped my branches
To the shape she chose.
--Jonathan Aibel

                                               

mice mice mice get out
I know you have your own lives
live it some where else
--Greta Pedersen

                                               

Longing
Oh, to be elsewhere --
Hong Kong Wien Buenos Aires --
There's no magic here.
--Nayiri Krikorian

                                               

Morning hangover,
blood in my urine and stool.
Night comes to imbibe
--Frank Remnick

                                               

If I could chose to
Float or fly, I would chose to
Float, or would I fly?
--Gloria Pedersen

                                               

I lifted up my
Mattress only to find a
Smashed jar of grape jelly.
--Gloria Pedersen

                                               

Keep your eyes open
See what is meant to be seen
Take a look around
--Greg Hoppe

                                               

This water tastes bad
Didnt know that could happen
Water has a taste?
--Grace Pedersen

                                               

Students are silent
You can only hear one thing
Clicking of keyboards
--Grace Pedersen

                                               

If I Were Braver Than I Am I Would Dedicate This To You
You never knew but
I was in love with you once.
Still, I think on it.
--Nayiri Krikorian

                                               

smoking cigarettes
fumigates musty odors
from thrift store jackets.
--Mark Simon

                                               

Squirrel
Squirrel on the road,
upside down, dead, mouth agape,
one paw curving in.
--Ben Guaraldi

                                               

yes haiku is good
I would write it if I could
guess I did, who knew?
--John Pedersen

                                               

I built a wood fence
prickly pointy tips that poke
sit on it with me
--Maj-Britt Pedersen

                                               

Squirrel II
The same dead squirrel
on the city street, now his
fur matted by rain.
--Ben Guaraldi

                                               

I Hate the Tea Lounge

breast-feeding your child
at five years old in public
gives us all issues.

please please don't put your
dirty feet on the couch and
ohm. i might punch you.
--Georg Pedersen

                                               

utilize talents
life is an experience
i dig waterslides
--Maj-Britt Pedersen

                                               

Sin and politics
crush souls, bend minds and
leave babies dead
--Cecilia Pedersen

                                               

Climb that ladder
what's over there is nothing
I can't look down on
--Cecilia Pedersen

                                               

Oprah
Diamond pinky ring
Glistening like a beacon,
Tell us who we are...
--Jen Heller

                                               

Telegraph Hill
Parrots, clever birds,
winging their way across town,
turning the sky green.
--Nayiri Krikorian

                                               

It should be spoken in CHRISTOPHER WALKEN style
I gotta tell ya
The Sun... it's bright... in my eyes
Where's... my sunGLASSes?
--Wes Reid & Amanda Carlos

                                               

Eucalyptus tree
Grows celadon feathers and
dreams at night of flight
--Suzanne Barnes

                                               

Katrina
The apocalypse
Comes to those who believe it.
Red States must be glad.
--Chad Parenteau

                                               

America's New Optimism
Somewhere in Iraq,
there's an armless child who longs
to give us "thumbs up."
--Chad Parenteau

                                               

Water
Then the wail in zip siren--
In the autumn pond, plane tree leaves,
forming a brown, green, molding quilt.
--William Bain

                                               

Paws
On the flat varnished surface
cats paws pull up, echoed off
the coast, wailing skyward--
--William Bain

                                               

I'm real good at this
I can count to five and then
I count to seven
--Greta Pedersen

                                               

Bush has made me sad
Pick up a copy of Round
Smile breaks Face of Sun
-- Abel Henry

                                               

i am hot and cold
you are my lukewarm at best
but i need shocking
--Ava Pedersen

                                               

silence is the sound
your life makes when you've really
done nothing with it.
--Audbon Dougherty

                                               

New York Pace of Life
No time for sonnets! Haiku?
Short, quick, back to work.
--Gideon Levy

                                               

awake early morn
forget what I'm working for
success won't leave me
--Noelle Pedersen

                                               

he was here for me
i thought i had some control
now my brow furrows
--Ava Pedersen

                                               

hai-ku! excuse me.
i must have sneezed. or was that
asian poetry?
--Nate Gibson