Poet Profile

Paul J. Geiger

Paul J. Geiger PhD, Assoc. Prof. Emer. I'm a retired biochemist, career spent at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. After serving in the Navy as a lieutenant in the Korean war earned a PhD at Johns Hopkins University, 1962. In 2014 I found a fascination in haiku and other oriental forms of poetry primarily because I love the short forms with intriguing ideas or mysteries like Zen. I joined All Poetry to learn more about these forms. The haiga, haiku combined with interesting photos is a particular form of fun. Author and co-author of some fifty scientific publications. Member: SIGMA XI, Post Sophomore Fellowship, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

at my log cabin
termites be not proud
a cord of firewood

engulfed by poppies
the subdivisions
of graves

last day of autumn
the weight and shape
of the garden

typhoon colored sky
crashing over our bow
green water

the koi
pond thaws 
green pads

honeymoon lodge
between times skunked
at cribbage

Credits:

“at my log cabin“ - A Hundred Gourds 5:3 June 2016; “engulfed by poppies“ - A Hundred Gourds 4:4 Sept. 2015; “last day of autumn“ - Daily Haiga March 10, 2017; “typhoon colored sky“; “the koi“ - The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network) Feb. 17, 2017; “honeymoon lodge“ - The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network)June 16, 2017.