Book of the Week: Another Bad Haircut

John Sheirer was a shooting star through the haiku sky in the late 1990s, focusing on the humorous aspects of life, and especially family relations. This volume (Riverstone Books, 1997) gives a goodly sampling of his major preoccupations in his mature style.

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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by Jim Kacian, following a concept first explored by Tom Clausen, and are used with permission.

growth spurt
the third breakfast this week
I knock over the milk

family reunion
dad shakes his head
at a racist joke

another long summer day
the dog runs in circles
on its short chain

first kiss     until the chaperon’s throat-clearing

team physical
the withered old doctor says
“turn your head and cough”

first deer hunt
after the gunshots
noticing the wind