July 28, 2020

Haiku Sticky #557


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

Trump's death charts
one more elderly victim:
democracy

July 26, 2020

Happy Haiga Day!

I found a small bag of Barbie shoes the other day. It immediately made me wince. One of the most painful surprises is to step on a Barbie high heel. It is probably on a par with stepping on a LEGO.





© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

little ones at play

mothers warn them:
fashion is pain

no one listens
until the crippling
of their own feet

July 21, 2020

Haiku Sticky #556


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

waiting...waiting...
promises of summer rain
...waiting...waiting...

July 19, 2020

Happy Haiga Day!

I join those who mourn the death of Rep. John Lewis. He was an inspiration and his words and actions will be long remembered.


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

too many chickens

he preached instead
to a foul society

he found the fowl
might be better listeners
but the foul could be cleansed

July 14, 2020

Haiku Sticky #555


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

looking at graphs
Covid spikes, death stats

the other side of the coin

last night a tree frog
heard in my old city
neighborhood

July 12, 2020

Happy Haiga Day!


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Photo by Roger Smith, 1943, source: Library of Congress.

Text:

have-nots
vacation in the street's
hydrant free-for-all

July heat
not quite bearable

but briefly forgettable

July 7, 2020

Haiku Sticky #554


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

pink lemonade from
"naturally" flavored powder

heedlessly sipped
with no one to snigger
at the label

pandemic summer

July 5, 2020

Happy Haiga Day!


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

Text:

July 5, 2020

While likenesses in brass or stone
were promised a second life,
there was no holy-day for
a 244 year-old social compact
found near death yesterday, July 4.
Signs point to strangulation.
Nearby stood a heavily made-up
clown, who, over an estimated
1261 days is reported to have left
his fingerprints on everything--
including the victim. The names
of the victim, and the clown,
are being withheld pending
further investigation by the DOJ.