High Coup Journal - September 2011 Issue

(Photo by Ann Wright, Plymouth, IN)

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

IN THIS ISSUE:

Evan Chow (San Francisco, CA)

Amanda Hillenburg (Sherbrooke, QC, Canada)

Kevin James (Terre Haute, IN)

Rose Kowaliw (Swanzey, NH)

Bob Lucky (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Geoff Pope (Renton, WA)

Adam Tetelman (Troy, NY)

Chuck Von Nordheim (Dayton, OH)

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Editor's Note:

Hurricane season,

a sloppy kiss from your aunt

who never visits.

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Chuck Von Nordheim

one final brain freeze

caused by cherry flavored ice—

Dairy Queen closes

hurricanes bulldoze

human homes in new places—

make way for sea rise

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Evan Chow

Step on bathroom scale.

Darn! Well, let me get my wrench.

Ah, that’s much better.

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Kevin James

How many times son...

Lock the door to your bedroom...

when you want "me" time

Who's your kid's father?

Maury has your answers now

Only cost? Your pride.

Newton Lied to us

He discovered gravity

by his plumber's pants

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Rose Kowaliw

Forever Young

Wrinkles come with age

sure as hell won’t be for me

not when there's Botox.

Ha Ha Ha

Manhattan rich bitch

wearing last year’s Manolos

what was she thinking?

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Adam Tetelman

The roads are all closed

Danger lurks around each turn

Time for a roadtrip

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Bob Lucky

three days of cold rain –

a flock of sheep stop to drink

from a deep pothole

a night of fireflies –

the internet connection

flickers on and off

the moon lost in clouds –

twisting the hair in my ear

at the long stop light

cold steady drizzle –

watching the dog lick herself

over and over

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Geoff Pope

husband eats his first

Oyster Burger while the wife

(milk)shakes her sweet head

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Amanda Hillenburg

Social media 

Great for broadcasting chaos 

Without hazard pay

Who needs milk and eggs? 

Liquor is more important 

Non-perishable!

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

September 2011 AWESOME SAUCE: Adam Tetelman

Pounding storms hit hard

the students getting hammered

straight through the storm's eye

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Soon, before the next

monster storm destroys us all,

send in your haiku.

highcoupjournal {at} gmail.com

High Coup Journal - August 2011 Issue

(Photo by Ann Wright, Plymouth, IN)

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

IN THIS ISSUE:

Brian Barnett (Frankfort, KY)

Sara Bickley (West Carrollton, OH)

Samuel Franklin (Terre Haute, IN)

Annie Perconti (Louisville, KY)

Melissa Reddish (Salisbury, MD)

Morgan Shnier (Tuscon, AZ)

Adam Tetelman (Troy, NY)

Henry Visotski (Brooklyn, NY)

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Editor's Note:

In a balance scale,

cries for heat and cries for snow

wobble to and fro.

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Morgan Shnier

i set each alarm

five hundred thirty-five clocks

i'm still late for work

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Adam Tetelman

All chaos breaks loose

Every man for himself

The network is down!

Certain doom awaits

This requires sacrifice

Send out the intern

A pair of black pants

A lecture at the chalkboard

A pair of white pants

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Brian Barnett

 

Bela Lugosi

 

He does not drink...wine

Make his a shot of morphine

Bela feels no pain

 

 

Zombie Apocalypse on Sesame Street

 

Burt in riot gear

Big Bird slain twice by head-shots

Elmo ate Grover

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Annie Perconti

there is a moment

between inhale and exhale

where all my lies stop.

I already know

that the tongue cannot create

what I hold for you.

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Melissa Reddish

He’s the kind of guy

who smirks when I eat a peach.

Yes, you know the one.

 

The rankest odor

on the face of this green earth:

A goddamn dog fart.

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Henry Visotski

 

Scent of bleach and piss,

Sleeping bum, loud shrew with cell.

Wish I drove to work.

  

The neighbor’s poodle,

While neutered as a puppy,

Still molests my leg

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Sara Bickley

Cappuccino and

cigarettes on the hottest

day so far this year.

Sunburn stops hurting

two days after you get back.

Then it starts peeling.

After this pack I

quit smoking.  I will have to

drink even faster.

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Samuel Franklin

Summer Storm

Torrential rainfall-- 

helluva water balloon 

fight up in Heaven. 

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

August 2011 AWESOME SAUCE: Sara Bickley

All the girls in their

summer dresses, showing off

their year-round tattoos.

-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-oOo-

Tryyyyyyy to remeeeeeember

a time in Septeeeeeember when

you sent in haiku!

highcoupjournal {at} gmail.com