Senryu

A New Outfit for a Young Boy

Angie Grey
Angelica Coffee Shop

Coffee, please, waitress
Your cup is empty - here, please
You must have coffee

Coffee

Warm, bittersweet drink
Beans are harvested, then baked
Alone - to drink this

Cappuccino

A desert sunrise
Held within a metal cup
Good for rainy days

Frenchwoman

The woman who talks
Into ancient dinosaurs
Dead in the plastic.

Blue

Tranquil, logical
The palette of skies and seas
Navy, teal, azure

Blue Dragon

I want computer
You buy me computers now
Mid frame, personal

La Foret (New Haiku)

Bakery of skies
Tell us how to work gardens
Against the asphalt

Bakery of earth
Feeding streams of small insects
That frogs and birds eat

Bakery of air
Throwing leaves at all creatures
Churning off emotions

Water bakery
Making vapor drops
To soften toxics

Garden Burger

Tasty, from the garden
Bread, vegetables, patty
Seasonings, sauces

Hamburger

Murderous sandwich
Bread, cheese, lettuce, tomato
Pickles and ketchup

People

Bodies - skin colors
So different, so alike
Earth hues and soil tones

Bakery

Ovens and mixers
Stainless steel and much foodstuff
Making things to eat

Seaside

Beige sands, pale seashore
Buildings merge into ocean
Hermit crabs scuttle

Bird

The little doll-bird
Does not laugh in fall
Will life cut me time?

Beach

Waiting for a boat
Grey skies - terns poking through shells
Cast aside on sands

Mikiko

There is no girl - he
Old man sits on cash in bed
Young boy wearing rags

Grey

Ambiguity
Objects and animals blur
Distant spaces away

More Blue Dragon

One line to set blank
Sweatshop poetry for sad
Mediocre paintings

Forest

All kinds of life there
Wearing camouflage
Biological

Trees

Green, verdant, and lush
Lichen, moss, trees, vines, shrubs, bugs
Pushing lawn mower

Desert

The sky is bright, huge
Life in the shifting sands - sparse
Like reading a book

Purple

Charismatic feel
Casting colors all around
Delicate nature

Please

Please, dear server
Dance a Japanese dance, please
Then, write me haiku

Red

To say goodbye now
Hunger stimulating hue
Pale or blood or brick

The Dress

A pretty silk dress
During this festive time
Plain despite the print

Popcorn

Tasty and greasy
Delightful with a movie
Munching to the beat

Nightshirt

Hand sewing with thick thread
Under a tree canopy
Cheap labor, fine thread

The Sea

This is our ocean
Our words warp into the waves
Crashing into the sands

Ketchup Linked Senryu

A poor man's champagne
Tomato plus vinegar
Adding taste to food

The young workers smile sadly
Rushing through their busy day

All about the sauce
Is red and appetizing
Fast food needs ketchup

Fast Food Linked Senryu

Gleaming plastic shine
Glaring lights upon food
Burgers, fries, soft drink

Sticky tar from ancient times
Decomposed plants, animals

Bugs in parking lots
Dragging bits of tiny food
Downward to their queen

Deutsche Haiku

Winter happiness
White is the snow-filled land
Each day is each night.

The duck is dancing
Playing without winter ice.
Playing without speech.

Published by Angie Grey

Data entry clerk, won honorable mention Winter Arts Contest Bethpage, NY in photography (Canon Rebel film camera), wrote Roleteria Review column for college media, medalist nature category photos Mexico City...  View profile

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  • ILAKKUVANAR MARAIMALAI8/2/2008

    Excellent poems.Commendable work.Congratulations.

  • saul relative7/18/2008

    Very nice work, Angie.

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