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IN THIS ISSUE:
Shana Dennis (Terre Haute, IN)
Amy Harris (West Lafayette, IN)
Amanda Hillenburg (Sherbrooke, QC, Canada)
Kevin James (Terre Haute, IN)
Julie Kelsey (Germantown, MD)
Vinnie Kinsella (Vancouver, WA)
Taylor Lampton (New Brunswick, NJ)
Mike Lushbaugh (Terre Haute, IN)
Nicole Reich (New Brunswick, NJ)
Ray Scanlon (Rehoboth, MA)
Richard Stevenson (Lethbridge, AB, Canada)
Maggie Wheeler (Terre Haute, IN)
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Editor's Note:
Picking grapes is not
the romantic pastoral
task that poets claim.
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Mike Lushbaugh
Summer is settled
Humid thunderstorms all day
swamp ass forever
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Ray Scanlon
"Cheer up, cheerily,"
exclaim the robins at dawn.
Goddamn fucking birds.
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Kevin James
The sparkling bowl
never stays that way for long
after the kegger
Dancing Fool enters
does The Worm down the aisle
your wedding's ruined
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Maggie Wheeler
Cat in a trash bin
Woman won't give a reason
Throw her in instead!
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(These next two haiku
are inspired by a hate
of FOX host Glenn Beck.)
Shana Dennis
Little man spreads hate
Dances for the camera
Dance, attention whore!
Amanda Hillenburg
Fat guy on TV
Claims to be true blue Mormon
Did it to get laid
(Read a ton more poems like these at http://www.haikuglennbeck.com/)
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Amy Harris
Cerebral Palsy?
More like a sorry excuse
For shaking all day.
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Taylor Lampton
I am in heaven.
spirals, rubbers, and stick-ons--
school supply shopping!
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Nicole Reich and Taylor Lampton
Cheetos
Splendid are the curls
Of the crunchy snack-time munch
Bathed in orange dust
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Richard Stevenson
in extended care
my dad zones out mid-sentence.
a hummingbird hovers
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Vinnie Kinsella
Limp and impotent,
The power cord came unplugged--
Too short to connect.
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Julie Kelsey
LAUNDRY DAY
racing down the stairs
greeted by the waiting arms
of your sweaty shirts
MIKEY, AGE 4
idiblockon, noun:
idiot – blockhead – moron
a poet is born
JUST FRIENDS
under a blanket
curled on the sofa with you,
my friend, Nick-at-Nite
HEARTACHE
under a full moon
we kiss at midnight, yearning
for ibuprofen
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September 2010 AWESOME SAUCE: Vinnie Kinsella
Two lines, one corner:
Basic trigonometry.
You and I converge.
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Please send us more 'ku!
We will spend all October
scaring poems up.
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