High Coup Journal - January 2011 Issue

(Photo by Ann Wright, Plymouth, IN)

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Rosemary Foster (Bloomington, IN)

Edward Jones (Stevens Point, WI)

Julie Kelsey (Germantown, MD)

Hal O'Leary (Wheeling, WV)

Mitzi Sicking (Midland, TX)

Dariel Suarez (Miami, FL)

John Tustin (Flushing, NY)

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Editor's Note:

To weight loss and to

for once in our silly lives

making new mistakes.

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Mitzi Sicking

You failed your paper?

I cannot imagine why.

Oh deer, there, their, they're.

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Hal O’Leary

THE FAILURE.

 Let no man guess that

'neath this smiling face there lies

a forsaken man

LOVE 

 Truest love, a scarf

thrown loosely about the neck

but never stifling

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Rosemary Foster

Write Haikus in math

Wonder why I got a C

No correlation…

Uh, linear algebra

Can I have some numbers please?

No! I changed my mind

My dearest Vista

Please go die now stupid whore

Facedesking for real

Asshole family

Hey! Merry fucking Christmas

Go fall off a cliff

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John Tustin

I smoked the rose down

Until it became brittle

Until it was brown

Angels in my heart

Devils inhabit my soul

One guess who wins me

Naked in the snow

Numb and breathing hard and fast

It hurts like life does

You, like a painting.

I come up close. What colors!

What composition!

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Dariel Suarez

I would rather have

the salmon’s courage than a

Taoist belief.

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Julie Kelsey

this makeshift sofa

so soft and comfortable

my fat snoring dog

finally, coffee

my mug – now cold – upended

the toddler’s cry

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Edward Jones

family photo

hangs perfectly straight, upright

right until I leave

in my rage, I toss

things indiscriminately -

yes, willy-nilly

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January 2011 AWESOME SAUCE: Dariel Suarez

Under the shade of

this tree, man will never find

enlightenment, just figs.

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A resolution:

write a haiku every day

and send them to us!

highcoupjournal {at} gmail.com

High Coup Journal - September 2010 Issue

(Photo by Ann Wright, Plymouth, IN)

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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.

highcoupjournal {at} gmail.com