High Coup Journal - September 2011 Issue

(Photo by Ann Wright, Plymouth, IN)

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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)

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Editor's Note:

Hurricane season,

a sloppy kiss from your aunt

who never visits.

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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

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Evan Chow

Step on bathroom scale.

Darn! Well, let me get my wrench.

Ah, that’s much better.

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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

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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?

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Adam Tetelman

The roads are all closed

Danger lurks around each turn

Time for a roadtrip

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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

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Geoff Pope

husband eats his first

Oyster Burger while the wife

(milk)shakes her sweet head

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Amanda Hillenburg

Social media 

Great for broadcasting chaos 

Without hazard pay

Who needs milk and eggs? 

Liquor is more important 

Non-perishable!

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September 2011 AWESOME SAUCE: Adam Tetelman

Pounding storms hit hard

the students getting hammered

straight through the storm's eye

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Soon, before the next

monster storm destroys us all,

send in your haiku.

highcoupjournal {at} gmail.com

High Coup Journal - July 2011 Issue

(Photo by Ann Wright, Plymouth, IN)

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IN THIS ISSUE:

James Dye (Dubuque, IA)

Jack Granath (Kansas City, KS)

Amy Harris (West Lafayette, IN)

Lex Joy (Amherst, MA)

Jamie Lushbaugh (Terre Haute, IN)

Amit Parmessur (Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius)

Geoff Pope (Renton, WA)

Miriam Sagan (Santa Fe, NM)

Mitzi Sicking (Midland, TX)

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Editor's Note:

Each birthday a door

to new, unseen hallway

ending in a door.

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Lex Joy 

Philosophy class--

One more angry German man

says we know nothing...

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Amit Parmessur

Yellow cars speeding;

Farting thin cancerous clouds

like a wintry mouth

Bonnet on my head,

As a king on a tall stool

I watch worlds drying

With a toothless mouth

My multi-colored moustache’s

A dusty toothbrush

Two pharmacy bombs

sending me to paradise,

my doctor to hell

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Geoff Pope

“Shit!”

I heard my mom say

“Shit!” only once in her life —

door crushed ring finger

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Amy Harris

Sarah Palin: the

evolution of man will

not be televised.*

* RIP Gil Scott-Heron

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Jack Granath

Her body sculpted

by a summer dress--so much

for non-attachment.

She laughs, the purse strap

between her breasts, a lesson

in geography.

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James Dye 

An intense debate

Does not deserve metaphors!

Fuck! You get the point?

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Jamie Lushbaugh

Your sandpaper tongue

licks my face after your ass.

Thanks for the gross bath.

At Petsmart, select

The three-figure, plush cat tree.

He plays in the box

Um, no, officer.

I don't know whose pot that is.

You sure it's not yours?

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Mitzi Sicking 

Unneeded finger

When you, my fellow driver,

Ran the stop sign.  Jerk.

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Miriam Sagan 

to escape the smoke

as ten thousand acres burns--

movie with mermaids

cherry blossoms float

on the edge of this haiku's

silent green pond scum

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July 2011 AWESOME SAUCE: Geoff Pope

do you suck and chew

on tips of the alphabet

until your mouth bleeds?

  

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Send birthday money

or at least some more haiku

to assuage your guilt.

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