spin until you puke

summer bonds with the
special sadness in learning
too much, too quickly.

epiphany of the novice astral traveler

realization:
materialization
immobilizes

vernon floridians

so it "just happened"
let's call that God: Just Happened
you know, just happened

silver apples' found haiku

"i have known love and
love has won--i have burnt my
fingers on the sun"

seasonal affection disorder

the soul's noon terrain
zigzagging between cloudy
winter and summer

My SAT score was suspiciously low.

#3 pencils:
you'd think them better but no-
too hard for scantron?

Just don't forget

Write your living will
so they'll stop having to choose
between exhibits.

alconundrums

drink or grade papers
drink or dissertate - drink or
worry - drink or, or

Maybe I think about this too much.

Because pineapple
is the most dangerous fruit.
Second? Coconut.

It's hard to criminalize

Conversational
Megalomaniacal
Text-Messiahship

haiku code

one cube's good enough
in fact the three remaining
could be split in half

Now's time we recognize

Candy colored un-
icorns are a rare breed. Were
they discontinued?

lifeman

built up a mystique
tasteful gloom, surprised when things
turn out not nightmares

moonstruck cosmology

the big bang broke when
parallel universes
took up lovemaking.

Except for in London

the british news man
how on earth did he get to
nashville tennessee

--robby

Ways Greg Is Like Santa

One: comes bearing gifts.
Two: red sweater blends into
couch. Three: Polish beer.

the continental

she said she wanted
n'avoir rien a voir avec
moi, i said yeah right

bananas are the
only fruit that doesn't lie
about what's inside

first attempt after invite; ryan's warning

wrote: bring it on but
remember, we have only
the highest standards

but i already stopped believing in genetics

slow shakes of the head.
this new hair isn't straight- it
has her father's wave.

Act 1 Scene 1: A tiger on the bed.

It's push, push, and tell
honey baby. Give me that
good ol' pillow talk.

haiku humor

click on the comments
to see this riddle's answer:
world's largest pencil?

sexy dyslexics
ravaging the countryside
causing confusion

We have been blessed with a certain gain.

My pornographic
books will make no sense, but I'll
make stars worth mention.

blowing the spare

with an icy touch
despair fingers my gray mind
like i hold alice

When the people went home

From her fantastic
flight through easy does it shouts
she was laid to sleep.

in celebration of surviving the year alone in muncie

wink like that once more
and then brace yourself for those
suicidal leaves.

homeless on state st.

saddened by couples
so easily distracted
the beggar tells jokes

Shark Haiku Two, Or What Are You Thinking, Gareth?

will there ever be
a boy born who can swim (pause)
faster than a shark

shark haiku

come close to the shore
where . . . there, wade in the shallows
little deeper now. . . .

how to explain earthlings to higher beings

here, we catechize
the anthropocentric views
that will destroy us.

safe ridge leap off

so bold rode the gods
gathered to trample under
thumb worlds into coke

capote breakfast allure

when talking to her
operate at your smartest,
red bulls, your boldest

cosmic symphony
multi-dimensional score
harmonics on string

love life (i read that on todd's arm one day)

don't worry earthlings
everyone feels beautiful
abandonment here.

5 inches fade

Universe collide
Vacuum sounds of collision
once per particle

reject ascetic

bathes in candlelight,
finds solace in solitude,
takes ice cream with wine.

Issa's funeral

The worms can't have him.
Fire licks a while. Wide moths dive
through in pale respect.

ladies and gentlemen, we are. . . .

the cyclops seized us
pitched us into the heavens
the astral trenches

the needy band

sneer in the shadows
catalyze behind the scenes
either way, listen

This Is Very Howard Hughes Of Me

An editor calls
from the men's room at the top
of the Sears Tower.

on greg's future offspring

bowlers and outkasts-
miniature supervillains
wearing metal masks

bad reasons to call in to work

saw a bald eagle
don't like scraping my windshield
my cat is broken

cornellia

all she is is just
a wastrel squandering funds
dwindling daily

Treehugger Haikus

earth does not belong
to us, we belong to it-
and boy is earth pissed

survival of our
culture cannot overtake
that of our species

to my international students, lenders of strength and joy.

that intensity
only exists in the gaze
of angels like you

She wants you to know

A flying infra-
red interferometer
observatory

Milkweed bug (found haiku)

horrible odor
eats, sleeps and reproduces
not intelligent

by katie, blackhawk middle school

I know the way.

Cucumber salad.
Ice cold water and tart, sweet
cucumber salad.