WELCOME

HAIKU SENRYU TERRYTIP
is a platform to display my HAIKU & SENRYU attemps.
I'm new to writing haiku & Senryu, so C&C is welcome....

terrytip@hotmail.com




My BOOK BAG:


HAIKU
The Other World
Richard Wright
1998



The Spring Of My Life
And selected Haiku
KOBAYSHI ISSA
Translated by Sam Hamill
1997



back roads to far towns
by Corman and Kamaike Susumu
1968



Unforgetten Dreams
Poems by the Zen Monk Shotetsu (1381-1459)
edited and translated by Steven D. Carter
1997


a glimpse of red
red moon press
2000


The Unswept Path
Contempory American Haiku
Edited by John Brandi and Dennis Malony
2005

A Haiku Managrie Living Creatures in Poems and Prints
By Stephan Addiss with Frumiko and Yamamoto
2005/1992

Haiku Seasons of Japanese Poetry
Edited by Johanna Brownell
2001

Sun Under Wood
Robert Hass
1996

The Essential HAIKU Verisons of BASHO, BUSON, & ISSA
Edited by Robert Hass
1994

The HAIKU Anthology
Edited by Cor Van Den Heuvel third edition
1999

Writing and Enjoying Haiku A hands on Guide
Jane Reichold
2002

The HAIKU handbookHow to Write Share and Teach Haiku
William J. Higginson with Penny Harter
1985

classic Haiku a master's selection
Selected & Translated by Yuzuru Miura
2001/1991

The Classic Tradition of HAIKU An Anthology
Edited by Faubion Bowers
1996

The Four Seasons Japanese Haiku written by BASHO, BUSON, ISSA, SHIKI, and many others
Second Series
The Peter Pauper Press
1958

Japanese Haiku by BASHO, BUSON,
ISSA SHIKI, SOKAN, KIKAKU and others
Translated by Peter Beileson The peter pauper press
1955/56

The Sound of Water Haiku

by Basho, Buson, Issa, and other poets
Translated by Sam Hamill
1995

One Man's Moon 50 haiku

by basho, Buson, Issa, hakuin, Shiki, Santoka
Versions by Ced Corman
1984

Narrow Road to the Interior and other Writings
Translated by Sam Hamill
1998

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

and other travel Sketches Matsuo Basho
Translated from the Japanese
by Nobuyuki Yuasa
1966

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Translated by Shepley Omor and Kochi Doi
1935


The Authentic Confusius
A life of Thought and Politics
Annping Chin 2007
1935


All books bought used on line....

LINKS...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neworleanshaikusociety/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldteahouse/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simply_haiku/
http://www.poetrylives.com/SimplyHaiku/SHpages/about.html
http://tinywords.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scifaiku/
http://www1.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
http://www.abebooks.com/

Other Links
Acorn
Aha Poetry
bottle rockets press
British Haiku Society
Contemporary Haibun Online
CrimsonBamboo
Haibun Today
Haiga Online
Haiku Canada
Haiku Society of America
Haiku World
Issa's Untidy Hut
Lilliput Review
Magnapoets
Mann Library's Daily Haiku
Modern Haiku
North Carolina Haiku Society Blog
Redmoon Press
Roadrunner Haiku Journal
Simply Haiku
Sketchbook
Tanka Society of America
The Heron's Nest
Upstate Dim Sum
Wordfield's Haikai Pub

http://tobaccoroadpoet.com/

narrow road

to the far left-

politics

terrytip

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mail/compose/?type=CO&state=LA&azip=70461&mailid=custom

How to write Haiku

In japanese, the rules for how to write Haiku are clear, and will not be discussed here. In foreign languages, there exist NO consensus in how to write Haiku-poems. Anyway, let's take a look at the basic knowledge:
What to write about?

Haiku-poems can describe almost anything, but you seldom find themes which are too complicated for normal PEOPLE's recognition and understanding. Some of the most thrilling Haiku-poems describe daily situations in a way that gives the reader a brand new experience of a well-known situation.
The metrical pattern of Haiku

Haiku-poems consist of respectively 5, 7 and 5 syllables in three units. In japanese, this convention is a must, but in english, which has variation in the length of syllables, this can sometimes be difficult.

The technique of cutting.
The cutting divides the Haiku into two parts, with a certain imaginative distance between the two sections, but the two sections must remain, to a degree, independent of each other. Both sections must enrich the understanding of the other.
To make this cutting in english, either the first or the second line ends normally with a colon, long dash or ellipsis.

The seasonal theme.
Each Haiku must contain a kigo, a season word, which indicate in which season the Haiku is set. For example, cherry blossoms indicate spring, snow indicate winter, and mosquitoes indicate summer, but the season word isn't always that obvious.

Please notice that Haiku-poems are written under different rules and in many languages. For translated Haiku-poems, the translator must decide whether he should obey the rules strictly, or if he should present the exact essence of the Haiku. For Haiku-poems originally written in english, the poet should be more careful.

These are the difficulties, and the pleasure of Haiku.

First learn the rules

Then you can break the rules

BUT first... Learn the rules

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CCs COFFEE HOUSE

Issa revisited the same theme
over and over in his life time
bringing new insight each time...



Buzzz___
swimming in my cup
defiant fly


coffee brewing-
her breasts pressed to my back
opposing urges

tiny ballerina
watching cappuccino brew
on tippy toes

a week later
tiny ballerina
an uncore

sunday's coffeehouse
overhead fans buzzing round
steaming coffee or iced tea


sunday's coffeehouse
internet friends close at hand
rain clouds outside


sunday's coffeehouse
brown bottle stands sentinel
left behind empty


sunday's coffeehouse
all the regulars in their place
steaming coffee and wireless


sunday's coffeehouse
steaming coffee and biscoti sit
hand holding


sunday's coffeehouse
wireless computer and notebook
steaming coffee and homework


sunday's coffeehouse
passing traffic
people watching


sunday's coffeehouse
super albino turtle with a shell
chill'n out


sunday's coffeehouse
cool blues wailing
hot coffee perking


blue yahama guy
decked out in racing leathers
sipping iced coffee


sunday's coffeehouse
my CC's Coffeehouse card
exausted needs filling



(c) terrytip 2007
Terry A Steudlein

Comment/Critique

SCIFIKU

Hay, from up here
I can see my house__
Scoville is it name

on your toes
electrons dance
the transfer-ionization process


look up_
the moon is hiding
the beehive


( May 10th http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080502-ns-moon-beehive.HTML )


internal organs
stripped of their rainbow colors
dry in the sun


666___
the number of a man
key to the code__ 36

figure it out / live forever


braving the alien sky
serpents shedding scales
couple in broad daylight



organic_
whole food mart
plutonian reference



spring moon
look up
kibo in place

http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080311-kibo

Pi in the sky
GRB080319B
gamma ray burst


naked eye / afterglow


http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/21mar_nakedeye.htm?list928150


gathering _
metamorphoses and shape shifting
under spread wings


nightgown flutters
brilliant light transforming
sound of trumpets


silent nights
broken alien amagaeru__
croak back warnings


using a pick
he cleans his blue-tooth
alien carnivore


winter storms
rage my mind
wanders dark star swept away


night feeders
rape tree of life
cities dark cry


handy man
with stone hammer
and agile gait


global warming--
pushing us to reach the stars
our past following


heat seeking missiles
strike at the heart
Valentine passion


strings pool on the floor
tachyons at sub-luminal speed
create extra time dimensions


the blind man
drove the turnpike
his seeing-eye-dog rode shotgun


Adam's alien genes-
those who from heaven came
put our mark on him


returning to the sea
she prepares for mutant offspring
singing a sea shanty lyric


having a Dexter moment
I put down my blade-
my steak is too bloody


the chill of the kill
awaking a kinder spirit in Cody
Dexter's dark shadow


pixels being deleted by the virus-
her image
slipped from my mind


red star rising
close encounter with Earth
brighter than Sirius


"cosmic sumo wrestlers / locked in combat."


autobahn to hell
under construction
soul-booth closed


17P/Holmes swallows
Mirfak constellation Perseus
suffers loss silently


comet 17P/HOLMES
competes with sun in size
moon hides in shame

http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/holmes.html

entering paradise _
medicine arriving too late
for his departure


eerie half-light
grotesque skeletons dance
threatening rain clouds

in my pocket
cold metal
chilling my fingers


still breathing hard
stench of blood and death
fear leaking from her eyes


launch date
shuttle atlantis
moon watching


red moon rising
origins of the space age
Sputnick


deadly Dexter
dark passenger
out for a spin


hunger profiteers
on industrial farm
need image makeover


(c) terrytip 2007 2008

2007 HAIKU

winters past
fresh in the mind
snowflakes


mother's diary
found in the attic
she was young once too


no snow today
memories of past winters
southern living


hand in hand
tiny foot prints on sandy shore
chasing clouds


in this cold bed
your warmth surrounds me
winter winds


winter storm
parking lot seagulls
far from the sea


chasing clouds
brisk morning breezes
refreshing the spirit


chasing clouds
sun and moon play tag
cool morning jog



winters past
fresh in the mind
new snowflakes



day moon
checking his reflection
the risen sun


sparks of light
your shadow on the wall
burning love letters



boats returning
under crescent moon
the bayou


crescent moon
over the dock
boats returning


dusk on the bayou
boats return to the dock
crescent moon



crescent moon
night sounds
descend over the bayous


bayou boats
returning to the dock
crescent moon


Veterans day parade
she pulls his jacket close
against the cold


big sister
cradles new born twins
_don't cry


November blooms
in the rose garden
sound of twins


November blooms
in the rose garden
birth of twins

Indian summer
shocked into reality
first cold night



Bayou waters
moving up stream...
with the tide,


nonchalant
white heron
sits watching


butterfly dream
a ray of evening sun
she passes by


home alone
memories more vivid
each passing day



two years post-Katrina
butterfly crawling out his cocoon
landscape still scarred


bayou blues
heron on a cypress knee
black bass on high alert



ten small clouds
scud across evening sky
chasing Basho


write rewrite
write again
quest for haiku

on my nose
begging not to be swatted
pesky fly


miscarriage forgotten
November buds
double joy

cherished treasures
nested silver boxes
the Chinese alchemistmy



potted ivy
the luna moth
takes refuge


street vendor
bar-b-que squid
and soba rama



sunset tranquility
heart pounding still
birth of a son


experts everywhere
rules made to be broken
write rewrite


my haiku
breaking all the rules
write rewrite

yellow butterfly
trys to hide
among pink impatiens


entering one way
illeviating traffic congestion
leaving another

loosing all her friends
gaining wisdom
because of winn dixie


fresh plowed fields
the smell of biscuits
a new day begins


slender water fall
a child's cupped hands
a kitchen tap


white egret watches
rain dropped surface
bayou


petunia in a pot
growing larger everyday
___twins


egret perched
high on a dead pinepost-
post katrina


understand this___
the kingdom of God
eternity is now



gnarled willow
tendrils dipping
bayou life


over my head___
Basho's Haiku
drifts with the clouds


popeye's fried chicken
served on grandmother's fine china
fragrance of her kitchen


my tea pot
has another cup
inside





time standing still
the wall clock
needs winding



candle light
open box sparkling
_cold feet


tighty whites
slide over my butt
getting tighter everyday


(c) terrytip 2007

EROS

breath to breath

warming your back

with my chest

silk and satin
shinning in moon light
breathless__




remembered words
whisper in the breeze
sharp thorns__


autumn mist
can the days
pass so quickly

willow legs
without looking back
she walks by

hand in hand
they pass the stop sign
entering tomorrow

faded tattoos
my love child's getting married_
flower power

clouds over head
she broods in her room all day
another wrinkle...

summer's last roses
fade with her kisses__
homeward bound...

their love making ,
taking only half a sentence__
quiet sob

faded lily_
maid of honor
returns home alone

early summer_
the strap of her sun dress
slipped off her shoulders

on my cheek
the warmth of her kiss
cool goodnight_

arm across his chest face
in the crook of his neck
mother's day flowers

in the seasons of her life,
a new moon appears love
at sixty four

a single bead of sweat
trickles between her breast _
ladies don't sweat

( the meaning of flowers, http://www.iflorist.com/en/act/meaning/)

the old crow
walking between the rows
muted toad

spring blush
her fragrance in the garden
this old toad

night dreams -
reaching out for her,
falling out of bed

tangled sheets_
not finding her,
sleeping alone

catching the eye
across the room
lover's embrace

skinny dipping
not getting caught
love making

dry eyed_
she slipes his ring in the mailer
UPS pickup station

brushing
a strand of hair from her face
spring breeze?

midnight rendezvous
in rose garden dew
whispers in her ear

midnight passions
and the humidity
wet sheets

heat wave
purple wisteria
in twining

open fan
and shy glances
torrid passions

morning torrential rains
rolling over in bed torrid
sunshine rising

spring love
the child looks so much like him ..
only passing through

gone,
all the wood he chopped for me -
dreams up in smoke

under quilts
to keep warm-
winter lovemaking

in the cold bed
your warmth surrounds me
winter winds

night chill
creeps through the tent
your warm back...

coffee brewing-
her breasts pressed to my back
opposing urges

rose petal fresh
the scent of her breasts
intoxicating me

sparks of light
burning love letters
your shadow on the wall

terrytip (c) 2007-2008

GO TO The Eros Haiku Series

http://haikuworkshop.pbwiki.com/ErosHaiku

2008 HAIKU

red faced
she pushed her cart
market time



misty evening
fireflies show their lantern-
early summer



leap second--
one second added
this year
2008



old friends
nidnight return
garden frog__





at the drug store
choosing a "pregnancy stick"
second month__




choosing a branch
for her "preganancy stick"...
Mount Oshioka
yuzue ni eraruru eda ga oshio yama
by Issa, 1804





huffing and puffing
red eyed in the dark
woodstove__



out near
the thin ice__
sound of panic




garden frog
greets my return
old friend__



day off--
every day even better
retired



winter blast
frost in my garden
southern boy



in my garden
reminders of past love
weeping willow__



autumn wind__
distant sounds
felt inside



full moon__
appears again
hidden by clouds



neighbors__
standing in line
get out the vote
(Thirteenth Place – Two Points)







autumn leaves-
rakes on sale
at the home depot



back yard feeders empty
I lay down my binoculars
autumn leaves__



tired eyes
made alive again
autumn majick__



autumn clouds
at thirty thousand feet
return trip__



FEAR OR PANIC__
HOLD TIGHT OR SELL AND RUN
STOCK MARKET CORRECTION



beetles and bugs
crawl in the dirt
child's play__



autumn dew__
the last roses
finally fading



in my garden
reminders of past love
weeping willow__



a willow__
sprouts in my garden
unbidden
(Sixteenth Place – Four Points)



key stroke__
closing in on
a health problem



system analysis
autumn check-up__


first cold spell
furnace lit__
the scent of autumn



mother-in-law's face
on the biggest pumpkin
harvest moon__



second helping__
autumn's cravings
pumpkin pie



back yard feeders empty
I lay down my binoculars
autumn leaves__



midnight slumber_
mother dozing in the rocker
the twins finally quiet (6th place)



flying high
above all worldly care
Vaughn Banting__



Lifting an ear
eyeing the door
a visitor arrives



Autumn__
the sunny south..
still green



frog__
jumps into the moon
still pond



this can't be the end
i'm still here...
and so are you Haiku U.



here there
travel the path
breathe___



minows__
circling circling
splash... gone



8-8-8 China
eight gold's
Phelps



cat-tails in the mist
sound of mallards
running on the water



opening the window
for some breeze
alarm blast__



closed bedroom door
glow of candle light
shadows moving



light of the
full moon
shadows moan



plucking gray hairs...
you too will be bald
as I am__



looking__
with haiku eyes
the moment vanishes



the need to kill
poems in blood
Dexter___



here there
walking the path
sound of her breath



sun room with hot tub...
and replacement windows__
spring improvements



big boys
playing games
summer Olympics



http://www.nbcolympics.com/



spider web
in the mist
a thousand sunrises



spider__
on a single strand
blowing in the wind



at the end
of a single strand
the spider begins his day



torn web
he spider begins again
daybreak...



spider__
hanging from the moon
by a single strand



early morning
walk , dodging
spider webs



potted Paulownia
blooms for the first time
summer heat__



nine cranes
in the mist__
she awakens



darkest nights
fireflies light the way
summer heat ( 18th place JULY 2008 KUKAI)



out living her birth certificate,
she writes for a replacement...
octogenarian ( 16th place JULY 2008 KUKAI )



ignoring the hi way traffic
great white heron
feeding...



even before the storm,
awakened__
by the wind chimes stir



FOURTH PLACE -- 5 pts June Simply Kukai


sky diving-
through the
mango moon



looking up from the coffin,
I thought I'd be the one
who beat death__



twin girls_
in their crib, telling secrets
out loud! Nineteenth Place – One Point

early summer —
stretching out in the sun
sand for my pillow
Seventeenth Place – Three Points
results for the June 2008 Kukai,
wherein our Kigo subject was "Sand"


clouds
pressing down, threatening
cloud burst



early summer_
heat already pressing down
in my little garden



southside ::
teetotum out of the shadows
shining bright



looking back
at his abandoned home_
life of the feral cat



ballpark
floodlights dripping
cloud burst



standing
in left field
cloud burst



new pitcher
warming up
bases loaded



walking away_
the scent of country on his shoe
and... butterflies



jumping put of bed
awakened by the clock's
ticking... stopped



sagging lines
one hundred sparrows
power poles



sunset appears
over power poles
ship's masts



golf coast
thunder storms and twisters
shifting sands



bar-b-que
chuckwagon steak
sundown smoke



crescent moon
over home plate
follows player home



first base error
rounding second, third
sliding home



ball park lights
sunset beyond the pines
another win



beyond the pines
ball park lights outshine
setting sun



red dirt
crack of the bat
bases loaded



batter up
last minute coaching
swing_ crack of the bat



quiet garden
sipping a glass of wine
amaryllis bloom




saga palm_
fronds unfurling
from the center



the sound of water
every thrown stone
another frog?



basho's frog
roasted and served again
still has flavor



thieves_
stealing the tranquility
9-11 landscape



spring showers
listening to CD
of bamboo flutes



Mother's Day photos
washed away in the flood
all that's left_ memories



roses in the garden
not quite like the catalog ad
but still pretty



catalog roses
don't measure up
but still pretty



double impact
catalog roses
less than expected



garden frog
sitting back, reading
stoned



stone frog
unmoved by seasons
green shoots



calla lily
the great pretender's
white trumpet



on the windshield
on the headlights
love bug season



stirring a cauldron
of chaos in the glass
new ink brush



under the deck
four yellow-striped kittens
moon viewing



spring rain_
tears dripping from the eaves
of the heart broken



stray yellow cat_
hidden under the deck
four tom kittens



I hide my face
being mooned
by the moon



empty mailbox
trying again tomorrow
expected refund_



full moon
reflected in store window
full moon


looking through
my reflection in the window
looking at me



young girl
carrying a purse
almost as big as she



wearing makeup
years beyond her age
dance class



9-11 monument
breaking ground
prison labor


(Slidell, La. City Jail)

new Slidell, 9-11 monument haiku



touching sorrow
touching cold metal
9-11 monument



passing train
ground trembling
9-11 monument



train whistle
disturbing the silence
9-11 monument



9-11 monument
thieves steal the tranquility
and the landscape



cloud burst
tears running down faces
9-11 monument



jogger's path_
detouring through
9-11 monument



thieves_
stealing the tranquility
9-11 landscape



looking fine
strutting along the path
storm threatens



out of the woods
crossing the road
urban rabbit



quick wink
rising in the east
eclipse moon


in a pot
opening wide
magnolia



crab legs
in the boiling pot
cool beer




back stroke
pushing off the side
feathers flying



RAM_
caught in a thicket
free spirit memory

2) new operating system

3) yet another virus


desert sentinel
reaching for the heavens
a coat of white




cold moon . . .
a rising wave splashes
the taste of salt



melting snow and
spring rain flooding
sluices opened



river rising
sluices opened
city bypassed



....shadow on the sky__



wafting brew
entering the coffee house
chameleon




full moon
peeking over the fence
flower cards


http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/hanafuda/hanafuda.swf



flower cards
whispering bamboo
and a full moon




flashlight in hand
full moon out shinning
modern technology



moon watching
over the fence
drifting voices



in the mirror
same face as yesterday
sun's reflection



here , there
winking in the garden
fire flies



untwisting
the rose bud
spring sunshine



melting snows
and spring rains
eyes the levee marker



sluices opened_
Mississippi River floods
the spillway



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image: Bonnet_Carre_Spillway_aerial_view_northeast.jpg#file



eye son levee marker
Katrina floods
revisited?



sound of garden fountain
sleep chased away
bull frogs



moon shadows
washed away
sunrise



moon shadows
on the garden wall
scent of roses



passing through_
intoxicating
rose blooms



moon beams
in the branches
oak alley



roar of gathering silence
of the heart
Manresa retreat begins



moon shadows
roar of silence
Manresa retreat begins



frogs echo frogs
across oak alley
breaking retreat silence



cut roses in a vase_
brighten a room ,
but the garden is bare



retirement__
a time for loneliness,
not lonely at all



a good book
and the coffee house
retirement bliss_



looking through
my reflection in the glass
children at play



spring rains
field of mud chimneys
thoughts of crawfish cooking


feeding time_
young sparrows
in a field of clover



crawling up the leg
a curious sensation
fire ants



spring peepers_
searching the internet
there's a picture



wiping away a tear_
moonbeams dripping
from the eaves

FIFTH PLACE -- 5 pts



mowed down
defiant clover
blooms again



march winds
clover shakes it's head
honey bee holds on



road home_
crossing my path
a wild rabbit



blown before the wind
leaves and scraps of paper
mall parking lot



intermittent peeking
through the clouds
the sun catches the eye



fan in hand
obscure glances
a child pretends



cauldron of chaos
circling the dock
wave runners



clover to clover
her work never done
the honey bee



the setting sun
sparkling on the bayou
beyond the pines



garden dampness
on the convertible windshield
peepers take a ride



ground rumbling
robins take flight
then a train whistle blast



into tomorrow
rumbling along
train whistle



looking back
the biker
sped past



a stranger
in my own house
longing for home



scent of an old book
hours spent
turning pages



albums in the mud
yesterdays swept away
hurricane Katrina



honey bee
backing out the coke can
another flower?



knocking at the door
rumble of thunder
in the distance



Buzzz___
swimming in my cup
Defiant fly



roots__
searching for moisture
between the cracks



stripped paulowina
finally a green bud
spring breeze



spurting up
above the puddles
spring flowers



Gold rings
worn thin
much hand holding



Gold rings
worn thin
hand holding



Gold rings
worn thin
exchanged glances



kite flying
stiff breeze
sunset crashes



kite flying haiku
flying high
crashing



kite flying
touching clouds
kid fun



diamond sparkle
on bayou surface
stiff breeze



setting sun
balloons escape
stiff breeze



hunting worms
in the clover
fat robins



on the ground
in the trees
starlings in flight



winged maple seeds
cover bare branches
leaden skies



covey of starlings
fat robins
serious competition



they all take flight
lone sparrow
haunting melody



sound of bamboo
flute, gong,
tiny bells



desert sentinel
reaching for the heavens
a coat of white



false spring
on the rose bud
morning frost



numbers are in
one player out
bases still loaded



lighthouse mocks
extinct humanity__
ancient moon rises



sunset at the park
bayou at high tide
rumble of a freight train



fire truck
sucking water
from the bayou



sirens screaming--
the peace of retirement
and a good book...




gulf coast-
thunder storms & twisters
shifting sands



heat seeking missiles
strike at the heart
Valentine passion



red beans and rice
at the fox's hole
post katrina



the sound of jazz--
at the fox's hole
post katrina



lost in a strange place-
the first dream of the new year
can't shake old thoughts



closing windows
as I rush through the cold house
I discover the break-in



new years day
another white rosebud
lingers still



fighting pneumonia
each winter's haiku
struggle for breath



(c) terrytip 2008

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