Monthly Haiku Corner – December

You better watch out.
You better not pout.
You better not cry,
or you’ll give your hiding spot away.

Our theme this month is A Christmas to Dismember and it pairs perfectly with December’s cold moon, aptly named for the dip in temperatures. Winter is coming….but if ask any left american, it’s been here since last January.

under a cold moon
a Christmas to Dismember
hiding from Santa

Be safe out there.

Monday Macabre, Week Four 2025

Happy Halloweek! Posting a special Halloween haunted haiku for Monday Macabre.

voices on the wind
spooky scares all week long
thin spirit veil

Monday Macabre, Week Three 2025

Posting a special Halloween haunted haiku for Monday Macabre.

righteous pumpkin
seen through the haunted veil
death comes for us all

Monthly Haiku Corner – October

Happy October! We are a haunted nation, full of demons masquerading as god’s children, in places we never dreamed, doing things we don’t want to imagine.

Resist evil.

October’s full moon is the first supermoon of the year, a harvest moon, named for time of year when crops are plentiful. Too bad no one is around to pick them.

screams that no one hears
beware of those haunted souls
nation full of ghosts

Be safe out there.

Monthly Haiku Corner – September

Happy September! I’m so excited the ‘Ber months are back! This is my favorite time of year. It’s also the time of year that seems to go by super fast, making it hard to enjoy the holidays. The way things are going in America, I think this year will be important to celebrate Halloween, lean into traditions we love and make new memories. This is the way only way to keep our hearts and spirits free.

This month’s full moon is corn moon, named after the harvest time in North America. It’s also a blood moon, a total lunar eclipse. It’s a special night for charging crystals and casting spells to keep evil away. Hopefully, it work on earthbound evil as well.

It’s not that I think the world will end anytime soon, but we’re getting to the point where choices for survival may need to be made sooner than we ever thought possible. In some ways, it feels like the 80s all over again, with the same damn players! Except this time, we have treasoners in the mix! So, this Halloween season, grab a GenX’er and party like it’s 1999. I’m not going to say it’s our last Halloween, cuz unlike my younger self, I still have hope.

Be safe out there.

when all the bombs drop
pumpkin apocalypse
nature’s last scare

Monthly Haiku Corner- August

Happy August! This month’s theme is August Aliens, in honor of FX’s new show Alien Earth, the exciting new chapter in the Alien universe, brought to us this time by Noah Hawley, a writer and producer known for Bones, Legion, Fargo and more. I cannot wait!

Like tonight’s Sturgeon Full Moon, change can be good. This time of year marks the end of summer and the coming of Fall harvest. This is Halloween pre-season. It’s time to get our spooky on! So, look to the skies and wonder what’s out there. What scary monsters are peeking at us from behind the stars?

Don’t forget the corporate monsters down here, tearing apart mother earth and unending years of deep rooted traditions. Resist! Stand by your traditions and be proud of your culture. Be open to all cultures and let’s learn from each and celebrate together.

alien hive minds
steel hearts of corporate monsters
run, while monsters fight

Sometimes it’s better to hang back and observe.

Be safe out there!

Monthly Haiku Corner – July

Happy July! It’s a buck moon tonight. This the time of year when young deer grow their antlers.

This month’s theme is Werewolf Americana. Werewolves have been a source of great thrilling fiction since the turn of the 20th century. Stories of man-eating monsters roaming the countryside were brought over with immigrants from Europe. Often times, these stories were told to ostracize newcomers of other races, religions, and such, and sometimes, the monsters were already here.

One of the scariest things about werewolves is they do not know they are the monsters. The curse takes hold and changes them into beasts they don’t recognize if they looked in the mirror, but make no mistake, these are not innocent beings. These damned men and women have no control of their bloodlust and will kill even small children and ravage our towns and cities. They must be destroyed before they spread their evil disease and they kill us all.

blood and strawberries
painted halls of white marble
savage werewolves feed

Be safe out there.

Monthly Haiku Corner – January

New Year. New You. New me!

Time gets the best of all of us, but if starting anew can happen any day of the year, why do we wait for January? Do we really need time’s permission to change? The only thing it’s time to do is toss out old thinking. The theme this January is about rebirth.

shedding old skin
talons ripping through the flesh
birth of a monster

Monday Macabre – Haunted Haiku

Part II of A Haunted Halloween series.

fall to the bottom
curve of insanity
the haunted staircase

Haiku of the Week

Part IV and the conclusion of the Red, White, and Ghoul series.

praise to Uncle Sam
dropping bombs on their own
Americana