Haiku Windows: computer display screen window
Haiku Windows
In the book Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem, editors Yamaguchi and Brooks quote David Lanoue: “A haiku is a window”…
In the following weeks we will look at (or through?) the many possibilities raised by this thought – and you’re invited to join in the fun! Submit an original unpublished poem (or poems) via our Contact Form by Sunday midnight on the theme of the week, including your name as you would like it to appear, and place of residence. I will select from these for the column, and add commentary.
next week’s theme: train/subway window
Runaway or choo-choo, steam, diesel, or electric, passenger or freight, locomotive or caboose, iron horse, commuter, or monorail, high-speed or underground…
I look forward to reading your submissions.
Haiku Windows: computer display screen window
computer screen
the closest I will get
to cherry blossomsAmy Losak
Teaneck, NJ
Perhaps because I grew up in Vancouver, Canada, known for its cherry blossoms, and there are none here in the Yukon, I can relate to this poem. Many of the submissions this week seem to focus on the things that are out of reach, for whatever reason, but that a computer can bring to us with a click or two…
first sight
of her grandson
video chatChristina Sng
Another example of what a difference this technology can make in our lives – it is much easier to connect with people, and communicate, than ever before, and this column could be considered another fine example of this as well…
multiple tabs
he opens solitaire
as mom entersVandana Parashar
As a mom (of adult children) I can also relate to this poem – a more ominous look at the computer window – where children can hide their activities from their parents, people can act anonymously, and perhaps our computer’s programs are hiding their personal data-collecting activities from us…
Here are the rest of my selections for this week:
screensaver mode
how our worlds unite
in bubbles of rainbowAdjei Agyei-Baah
Kumasi, Ghana
on line
0001
looking for
0010Andrew Shimield
UK
chat window
a rendezvous gone
virtualAngelo B. Ancheta
computer on –
your smile on the screen
doesn’t fadeAnna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
loneliness
a spinning hourglass
on the screenAparna Pathak
the black screen of death
mice gnaw through
a power cordArdelle Hollis Ray
Las Vegas, NV
the wallpaper
on my computer screen visions
of another worldBeverly Acuff Momoi
12 midnight
my eyelashes droop
before the open screenCarmen Sterba
working late –
facetime
with my reflectionCarole MacRury
computer love
only emojis pop up
on my screenCelestine Nudanu
intently studying
windows update
bengal catChristina Chin
Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo
computer screen
searching for holidays
I cannot affordChristine Eales
UK
deep winter…
your face cold to the touch
on the computer screenChristine L. Villa
California, USA
multiple open
computer screen windows
my clutterClaire Vogel Camargo
Christmas Day
the bitcoin ticker
on real timeDavid Jacobs
London, UK
the call of spring
closing all windows
on my computerDebbi Antebi
London, UK
hidden desktop windows
our photo smiling beneath
the spreadsheetDeborah P Kolodji
not a perfect ten
my windows
crashes againElisa Theriana
blue screen of death
I’ve just vanished
from the face of the earthEngin Gulez
Ankara, Turkey
computer display
Cassiopeia shines
on the screenEufemia Griffo
your fingerprints
on my touchscreen
daisies and rosesEva Limbach
Germany
new intern
his computer’s display screen
totally blankHifsa Ashraf
Pakistan
comma
on my laptop screen…
pixilated antIngrid Baluch
Uganda
my online journal
the unpolished version
self reflectionKaren Harvey
first word first smile
through the computer
screen windowKath Abela Wilson
Pasadena, California
computer…
I open and I close on the world
my windowcomputer… apro e chiudo sul mondo / la mia finestra
Lucia Cardillo
laptop window
a Japanese Zendo
in my living roomLucy Whitehead
Essex, UK
forgotten passcode
outlines of my blank face
on the blank screenMadhuri Pillai
eclipse trip
memories keep rotating
my computer screenMarcyn Clements
more grey hairs
watching the SWOD*
devour haiku*MAC computer’s spinning ‘wheel of death’
Marietta McGregor
marking papers –
from the facebook window
friends are callingMarina Bellini
a face
in the screen I notice
the dustMark Gilbert
computer screen
an ant’s antennae probe
the milky waymartin gottlieb cohen
display screen window
once again I fall
down the rabbit holeMary Hanrahan
East Lansing, Michigan
the screen saver
Mt. Fuji in real time
technologyMichael Henry Lee
dimming the light
of my computer screen…
moonriseMichele L. Harvey
computer screen window –
the silence they share
moon and waterfallMuskaan Ahuja
Chandigarh, India
summer morning
a hummingbird’s reflection
on my screenNancy Brady
Huron, Ohio, USA
touring
without moving
browser windowOlivier Schopfer
Geneva, Switzerland
Microsoft
the windows within
the windowPaul Geiger
computer screen
reflection of pigeons
on the windowsillPeggy Bilbro
crashing screen
the darkness
of my neighbor’s WindowsPeter Jastermsky
BSOD
debugging
the graphic interfaceprincess k
blue screen window
the computer and I
both downRachel Sutcliffe
crowding around
the office computer screen
eagles nestRandy Brooks
pressing every
combination of keys
blank computer screenRehn Kovacic
terrible twos –
dad’s ipad window
slams shutRoberta Beary
County Mayo, Ireland
moonless city
computer screen windows
glow on every floorRon C. Moss
Tasmania, Australia
a face
peeping through my window
online dating siteRonald K. Craig
Batavia, OH, USA
my screensaver
a photo of my children
forever youngSari Grandstaff
Saugerties, NY, USA
privacy policy
peeking through
our WindowsSimon Hanson
Queensland, Australia
computer screen window
I count the likes
of my friendsSlobodan Pupovac
Zagreb, Croatia
ctrl alt del her name
my window opensSrinivasa Rao Sambangi
computer screen
finding love
harder than I thoughtStephen A. Peters
desktop window
i glide from horizon
to horizonSudebi Singha
India
Mercury retrograde
my laptop Windows
refuse to openSusan Rogers
Los Angeles, CA, USA
moonless night
a moth drawn
to my computer screenTerri French
computer screen
all the selves
I’ve createdTia Haynes
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
birthday morning –
the first congrats are on the
laptop screenTsanka Shishkova
snowy night…
the new version of Windows
freezesValentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, Ohio USA
a few taps…
the world peeps out of
laptop screen windowVishnu Kapoor
Katherine Munro lives in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and publishes under the name kjmunro. She is Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada and an Associate Member of the League of Canadian Poets. She recently co-edited an anthology of crime-themed haiku called Body of Evidence: a collection of killer ’ku.
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Sorry to have missed out this week. Can you remind me of the close time? Thanks. And just for fun –
sick in bed
the comfort of hot tea
and light from my tablet
*
on or off
I see myself
in the tablet screen
Hi Liz Ann,
The deadline is midnight Sunday Pacific Time, & the theme this week is train/subway window… please submit using the Contact Form above… thanks!
Thanks for including my haiku! Awesome selection! 🙂
thanks for submitting, Christine!
A beautiful collection.
thanks so much, Corine!
Well done to those who also contributed to the Earthrise Rolling Haiku collaboration at
https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/04/16/earthrise-rolling-haiku-collaborative-2018/
thanks for this Mark – & to all those involved – The Haiku Foundation is amazing, isn’t it?
Thanks to You Katherine for including mine haiku among those wonderful poems.
sorry: my haiku
thanks for submitting, Anna!
Beautiful selection…
Thank you very much Katherine. Really enjoying this.
thanks for your kind words, Elisa!
Thanks so much for including mine, Kathy.
Love reading all the amazing haiku!
thanks for this Christina, & for submitting!
Thank-you for publishing one of mine.
thanks for submitting, Valentina!
What a diverse set, KJ. Thanks for including mine.
thanks for submitting, Nancy!
Thanks Kathy for including mine. I particularly liked Aparna Pathak’s and Eufemia Griffo’s.
I like yours very much, giggles.
Thank you
thanks once again for submitting, Mark, & for sharing your thoughts…
Again and again, we discover the magic of the windows in our weekdays and holidays … Dear Kathy Munro, “Haiku Windows” idea is really fun and charming. Thank you!
thanks so much for your kind words, Tsanka!
Thanks for including one of mine, Kathy. I particularly like Stephen A. Peters’s, Rachel Sutcliffe’s, Sudebi Singha’s and Terri French’s haiku. Greatly enjoy reading these. On my computer screen :>)
thanks for submitting, Sari – & for sharing this
Absolute delight reading all these super haiku.
*
forgotten passcode
outlines of my blank face
on a blank screen
*
Madhuri Pillai
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know that feeling 🙂
thanks for sharing, Carol
Thank you Katherine. Congratulations everyone. Great selection.
Almost a ku.
thanks Karen
Great set of poems as always!
thanks, as always, Alan!
blue screen window
the computer and I
both down
* * *
Rachel Sutcliffe
* * *
Despite the theme, I laughed out loud. Brilliant.
thanks for sharing, David!
So many ways to look at a computer screen. I could especially relate to Mark Gilbert’s dusty version!
Thank you for including mine, Kathy.
Thanks Ingrid
thanks for sharing, Ingrid, & for submitting!