DCCCLII

Driving Old Truck Collecting Metal Trash Selling for a small amount of cash Many Do not look my way Maybe Afraid Thinking They could also end…

DCCCLVII

Half a Century ago Different time Different upbringing The father Hiking in the woods With his young son The boy Falling on the rocks Scraped his…

DCCCLXII

All-night I push the broom Wet mop the floors Clean the restrooms Haul Trash Out the back door Work done Every muscle sore On my way…

DCCCLXV

Robber Barons From the past Skeletons Rise up From the ash Wall Street Financiers Soon On their knees Will bow down To Silicon Valley Geeks Controlling…

DCCCLXXIX

Even though we live in a throwaway society, my wife and I enjoy patching together our shack and everything inside. It is romantic holding off throwing…

DCCCLXXXIII

I pulled out a twenty Retail clerk said “Sorry sir We no longer accept paper money Pay only with your phone All purchases must be…

DCCCXCI

Damn right We are preppers World Is in the shitter Two years of food on hand Kitchen cabinets Full of carefully marked cans Solar panels on…

DCCCXCII

Coming into the Hermit’s library Wife Said “I cannot take it any longer” “I need to dust this place” Armed With a box full of dusters…

DCCCXCV

The flourishing 90’s The good life Would not end soon Dollars Scooped up with a gigantic dustpan and broom Swinging back and forth Moving mountains…

DCCCXCVI

Small white bird Five meters above whitecaps Floating Eyeballing Then Instinctively Torpedoes into ocean Catching prize Who is The Hermit Poet? Back to HOME…

DCCCXCVII

Haiku #201

Finding Answers In Easy Places: Self Respect, Love & Relationships

Written by: Carioca Da Gema While approaching a check-in window for an early doctor’s appointment, three women on the other side of the counter were…

Haiku #193

CMXXXII-How to Succeed

The prosperous Old man Sitting Behind His Oversized Luxurious Desk Meticulously Crushing His cigarette Into the ashtray Looked at me and said “Kid Success is…

CMXXXIV- The Corrupt Hiding Money In Miami

They come to Miami Purchase a multi-million dollar condo or two The area has magnificent views They do not put deed in their name Setting up…

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CML

News media boils pot of soup Ultra-liberal professors brainwash youth Think tanks bought and sold Regurgitating propaganda Doing as told Powerful control the messengers With…

CMLI

Why? Chasing Chasing Craving recognition Brings only disappointment Look through the prism Physical world is an illusion Rip out the ego Toss on the bonfire…

CMLII

CMLV

Some place In Central America Woke up soaking wet All through night He sweat Looking at mosquito net Got up Walked down to the sea…

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CMLVII

The peacock Always Stood tall Displaying His colorful feathers A player With swagger Machiavellian tendencies Reckless Leading to colossal failure Causing The proud bird To…

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CMLIX

You look at everything As a winner takes all competition Compromise Much less frustration Give it a try Relationships Would not become Permanent goodbyes …

Haiku #161

CMLX

Hit the reset button Stability is a bore You love me But Obviously Need more Hit the reset button Simple life Has you down Safe…

CMLXI

Her hands dirty All day Working the fields She is proud Yet Does not pretend to be superior Brutally honest Simplistic Clear noncompetitive eyes Smile…

CMLXII

Watching the water Run down the drain I understand your pain Drop the bum Move on Go have some fun Grab your backpack Hop on…

CMLXIII

Calm yourself I know it is extremely difficult However Try your best Stop Blaming others For your sorrows Hit the beach Jump On a skateboard…

CMLXIV

Mahi Mahi Spare ribs Jumbo shrimp Spiny lobster tails Hushpuppies Buttered corn on the cob Special coleslaw recipe Bucket of rice Topped with Cajun hot…

Haiku #160

CMLXV

Leaning Against the tile wall Taking a long hot shower Scrubbing Away the dirt With a new bar of soap Did not Remove humiliation But Provided…

CMLXVI

Time To stop Playing marbles My nose Stuck To grindstone No longer Pursuing Itsy-bitsy bones Spinning Roulette wheel Will transport One So far This junkyard czar…

CMLXVII

He is the potato guy Save for winter Always Make sure Table has dinner Homeless At young age Low risk Financially safe Habits Difficult to break…

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CMLXVIII-Tanka

Fed beast for long time Today woke up changed my mind Freedom what I need Veins dry nothing left to bleed Tomorrow will sow new…

CMLXIX

CMLXX

Damn right I’m a cynical chap Suffered my share Of mishaps Today’s world in a severe undertow Nothing is sacred So much hatred Perverted terrorists…

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CMLXXI

Privileged Less privileged Social climbers Boomerang slackers Believe in the good book Or burn in hell Pray five times a day Study Quran Or an infidel…

CMLXXII

For a long time She had suffered much No longer heard the beautiful sounds Of the garden chimes Final days I sat in a chair Next…

CMLXXIII

Frantically Scratching At his deformed image In the mirror Hyperventilating He cried “Please help I need air” Fallen idol Emotional bowl of jello Desecrated soul …

CMLXXIV

Relax Be patient Sit by the river with your fishing pole Most of all Do not be dragged down the rabbit hole Overtime Bad character Will…

CMLXXV

Stingrays In the sea Gliding along effortlessly Queen angelfish Swimming gracefully A grouper Under a coral ledge Observes me cautiously Spiny lobsters Look tasty School of…

CMLXXVI-Tanka

Fiddler crab Moving back forth on beach sand Never stays with plan Has no control of wheel Flip Floppers never close deal Back to HOME…

CMLXXVII–Artificial Intelligence

Hold on a second I will open wide So you can shove it down my throat Artificial intelligence Tossing the human race Down a catastrophic slippery…

CMLXXVIII

Sitting on my beach chair Who the hell needs a career? Catching rays Reading philosophy books all day I’m not a frustrated big shot With an…

CMLXXIX

Put it on the bain-marie May not eat for another century Spent winter in Romania Hung out with vampires from Transylvania Full blood transfusions made me…

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CMLXXX

Eight years In the can No longer same man Paroled Desperately Trying to secure foothold Mops 1000’s of square feet every night Grinding On decaying…

CMLXXXI

Had a moment that day Decided To throw it all away Purchased One way ticket Going South of the border Now Live as a loner…

CMLXXXII

I never laugh at others misery However This time it is worthy Smaller and smaller The number of places for the corrupt to hide Stashing…

CMLXXXIII

The bricklayer Hunched over Under hot Florida sun Working twelve hour days Moving ton after ton Six years ago Came from El Salvador Across American…

CMLXXXIV

The trader Always glued to his computer screens Charts,data,news feeds Today on top Next day may bleed Wears the best threads Custom made Italian suits Silk…

CMLXXXV

She went to all girl military school From young age Early to rise Early to bed Organization only tool Procrastination not in arsenal of cards…

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CMLXXXVI

You’re irritated I know that you are May I offer you a chocolate bar? Yes Life is unfair However There is no need to despair…

CMLXXXVII

I just purchased a rusty 95 Town Car Grab some clothes We will drive far Cheap rooms Hot sex Along the way Miami to LA…

CMLXXXVIII

Sorry I’m very confused You say that all the shapeshifters escaped from the zoos Nothing about this on the news How do you know this…

CMLXXXIX

Negative interest rates Japanese keeping Yen in safes Printing press Central Banks now at a loss Americans working multiple part time jobs Rich smoke Cuban…

CMXC-Tanka

Forty years ago The decades just come and go My father and me Fishing in Florida Keys Casting lines shooting the breeze Back to…

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CMXCI

Pompous Plutocrats will eventually fade away Jackals unable to find prey Corrupt souls permanently decayed Malnourished ghosts chained in closets Condemned forever to irrelevance …

CMXCII

Do not hide anymore Rip off bandage and show sore Kneel in front of mirror Naked nothing left to fear Everyone gone who you held…

CMXCIII

Anyone can be your friend. The question is what do they want and how much do they pretend? When everything is fine Friendship is like…

CMXCIV

Hot night in Bahia It was obvious she was hurt like me Well into our bottle of Argentinian wine Ana moved forward in her chair…

CMXCV

Around 6am Tsukiji fish market Sushi Sashimi breakfast Washed down with Sapporo Draft Chilling with fishmongers this Gaijin had a blast Back to HOME PAGE…

CMXCVI-Tanka

You say you’re Jet Set Daddy took bribes got fat Moved clan from hellhole Princess parties Miami Shanghai, London, Monte Carlo Back to HOME PAGE…

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Haiku #134

CMXCVIII-Tanka

Crumbs on table Long ago became stale Drinking cold coffee Flip a coin to see who will leave You take take when I just please…

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CMXCIX-Tanka

Tried to play the game System rigged to keep all in chains When symphony stops I see just crushed toy blocks Dreams submerged in swamp…

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Twelve blocks from South Beach Rented a very small room One month alone Meditated on Zen koan Not wiser, but beard sure has grown …

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