The Art of Haiku


Selections from Ukku Spring Haiku 2006
signs of spring —
fresh graffiti
on a downtown train

signs of spring —
the homeless man's
brand new sneakers

signs of spring —
a bikini-clad
mannequin
signs of spring —
if only I could see just one
sign of spring
March sunshine —
the girl at the coffee shop
calls me "hon"
filing my taxes —
dandelion seeds
in the air
first day of Spring —
cigarette butts emerge
from the snow pile
spring snow —
finches build a nest
in a dried-out wreath
spring snow —
the poet hunkers down
at the end of the bar
finally spring —
the scent of her hair
Paul David Mena
Paul David Mena aka ExtraSpecialBitter was born in New York and now lives in Wayland, Massachusetts, where he works as a computer professional in the financial industry. He has been writing haiku since 1992, has published three chapbooks and has contributed to numerous haiku journals, both on-line and traditional. Among his ongoing projects is an effort to combine his haiku with his wife Mary's black-and-white photography and making it available on the World Wide Web. His own website is http://haikupoet.com.

| Angelee Deodhar | Gerald England | Laryalee Fraser | Denis M Garrison | David A Giacalone | Eric Houck Jr (1) | Eric Houck Jr (2) | Eric Houck Jr (3) | J Andrew Lockhart (1) | J Andrew Lockhart (2) |Paul David Mena | Alan Summers (1) | Alan Summers (2) | Alison Williams |

The other contributors were Aurora, John Barlow, Jason Sandford Brown, Norman Darlington, Dustin aka Texas Haijin, Eric Dutton, Little Onion, Matt Morden, RedGreenBen, Sangeet, Timothy and Yansidara.


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