Ultreya in the snow

Thursday clavicle haiku

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:30:10 GMT

Thursday clavicle,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

Sun washes upon
the barista's clavicle.
Thursday, lunch was free.

Haiku of Delight

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:27:46 GMT

joie des amandolines,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

The amandolines
resting on Noritake
perfect consumption

(from the Breakfast Table of Archibald Lampman, 3d edn)

July Senryu

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:43:12 GMT

A day of some stress
recedes. I see chocolate
from Mariuca.

(from the Breakfast Table of Archibald Lampman, 3d edn)

Ocean Haiku

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:43:08 GMT

Take it to the sea
Under the waves, over them,
summer, salt, water.

(From the Breakfast Table of Archibald Lampman, 3d edn)

Desolation Senryu

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:38:02 GMT

Æþnë no longer
Mags and Fags is desolate
dog-ear'd magazines.

(Tales of Persepolis)

Sectoral Coördination Haiku

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:26:48 GMT

fruit de mer aux giraffes,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

Ten at the table
monitoring risk levels
sunny day in June.

Eleven now here.
Risk-level ecstacy fades.
June afternoon, late.

Numbers diminish.
Risk levels evaporate.
Outside, setting sun.

(from the Song of the Bureaucrat, Vol III)

Wakefield Haiku

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:54:43 GMT

Wakefield-8May09 012,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

Swift's sea-foam guitar
a languid hand gestures to us
Wakefield, Saturday.

(from The Breakfast Table of Archibald Lampman, 3d edn)

Iceland Haiku

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:45:23 GMT

IMG_3712,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

Campari Iceland
so scarlet, floating in debt.
Peach juice, Sunday night.

(from Tales of Persepolis)

Ottawa Aerodrome Haiku

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:36:25 GMT

IMG_3521,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

Patient and waiting
The carousel still silent
Winter travel, nu?

from Tales of Persepolis

Nosh Haiku

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:58:04 GMT

Friday night tapas..
Shitake on Noritake
reward for last week.

(from the Song of the Bureaucrat, Vol. III)

Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul Haiku

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:33:10 GMT

Into the furnace
but wearing long underwear
late on Saturday.

(from Tales of Persepolis, crossposted with a Haiku Sanctoral)

Moritari Haiku

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:42:39 GMT

Late, after tapas,
a man, walking, falls, and dies;
Lisgar St, Friday.

(from Tales of Persepolis)

December Haiku

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:11:51 GMT

Ottawa's small dogs
in liturgical colours.
Gaudete Sunday.

(Haiku Sanctoral)

Château Laurier Breakfast Senryu

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:01:15 GMT

I turn to my right
A Nobel Peace Prize winner,
stirring oolong tea.

(from Tales of Persepolis)

Bureaucrats in the Mist

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:49:54 GMT

Through the morning fog
like gorillas in Rwanda...
To our cubicles!

(from The Song of Bureaucrat, Vol III)

Lyndell in town Haiku

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:55:02 GMT

IMG_3221,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

The scarlet Lyndell,
fiddle flaming in the light.
Sunday. Ottawa.

(from Tales of Persepolis)

Sorcery Haiku

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:23:24 GMT

IMG_3147,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

Caught by the snow
contemplating southern skies
our witch meditates.

from Tales of Persepolis

Émilie Haiku

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:55:35 GMT

IMG_3056,
originally uploaded by oursonpolaire.

In bumblebee tights,
busking on rue Saint Joseph,
end of October.

from The Québeciad

ghost candidate senryu

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:34:00 GMT

ghost candidate
Originally uploaded by oursonpolaire

Shades of elections past
calling to our memories
MacLeod Street, at dusk.

(from Tales of Persepolis)

Blurry Photograph Senryu

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:54:50 GMT

IMG_2891
Originally uploaded by oursonpolaire

Meredith Luce sings
but too much guitar volume
drowns out her fine voice.

(from Tales of Persepolis)

Ostiario splendido senryu

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:35:46 GMT

Ostiario splendido
Originally uploaded by oursonpolaire

Carefully, he looks,
his eyes tight against the sun,
the porch is still safe.

(from The Breakfast Table of Archibald Lampman, 3d edn)

Arborea Arboreal Haiku

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:22:01 GMT

IMG_2872
Originally uploaded by oursonpolaire

Outcast in a tree,
but with a very good view.
September morning.

(from Tales of Persepolis)

September 8th Haiku

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:54:32 GMT

IMG_2852
Originally uploaded by oursonpolaire

Under lily pads
lurk leeches, steel, water snakes.
Elections begin!

(From the Tales of Persepolis: Cottage Verse)

Cup Among Trees Senryu

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:09:51 GMT

IMG_2596
Originally uploaded by oursonpolaire

cup, with its saucer,
challenging the green forest,
basking in its glow.

(from Pacific Poems: First Essays)

Aberdeen Barracks Haiku

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:39:17 GMT

IMG_2756
Originally uploaded by oursonpolaire

Blonde piper, solo,
practises in the afternoon,
Mid-August, warm sun.

(from Tales of Persepolis)