sizzling heat
a carton of eggs
in the middle of the road
Jennifer Hambrick
Jennifer Hambrick says:
In America, one sees all kinds of weird stuff. I saw a cardboard carton of eggs lying in the middle of a busy road last week. In suburbia, no less. It was a freaking hot summer day, too, and I'm sure the poor wee eggs were cooked to squealing by the time someone bothered to stop and move them the hell out of the street. It was a moment so delightfully odd for its context that the juxtaposition was natural.
So there you go.
A favorite haiku by another poet:
the porn star speaks
through an intermediary
cherry blossoms
Cherie Hunter Day
is/let poetry (May 18, 2018)
Jennifer Hambrick says:
What I appreciate about this haiku is how it totally dismantles the übergendered evocative power of one of haiku's most cherished—and most overworked—images, namely cherry blossoms, by juxtaposing it against an image of the cynical smut of the post-modern media age. Huge poetic energy involved in so perfectly tipping a cow that sacred.
My favorite quote from Waiting for Godot:
“Demain, quand je croirai me réveiller, que dirais-je de cette journée?”
("Tomorrow, when I think I've woken up, what will I say about today?"
Translation mine [Jennifer Hambrick].)
A different quote from “Withnail and I?"
Okay ... um, how about this:
“Have you got soup? Why didn't I get any soup?”
I often find myself wanting soup. I mean, don't we all?
NOTES:
Jennifer Hambrick, Ph.D.
Living Haiku Anthology:
https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetic-index/374-h-poets/hambrick,-jennifer.html
Cherie Hunter Day’s haiku
the porn star speaks
through an intermediary
cherry blossoms
Cherie Hunter Day says:
This was written in response to Stephanie Clifford’s (Stormy Daniels) lawsuit against Donald Trump for hush monies he paid to her in October 2016 for their affair in 2006. Michael Avenatti was her attorney and he made statements on her behalf. I found it telling that she needed a representative to facilitate a media response. She is capable but somehow not believable due to her role and gender—the power dynamics in politics. The lawsuit was filed on March 6, 2018 and the subsequent media circus took place in peak blossom-viewing time. Cherry blossoms don’t seek permission to express their intentions. It’s all in the open. The historical details aren’t really necessary to enjoy this haiku because the story comes through in the context.
Link to Cherie Hunter Day's most recent collection:
for Want (Ornithopter Press, 2017)
Selected haiku from for Want (Ornithopter Press, 2017)
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