By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2020
First published in Failed Haiku, Issue 58 (October, 2020)
failed search for
my haiku moment
this senryu
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2020
First published in Failed Haiku, Issue 58 (October, 2020)
bank robber
blends into street
with satchel and mask
By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in in Poetry Pea (Winter 2020 Edition)
virtual school
galleries of students
banned from chatting
By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Failed Haiku (Volume 5, Issue 60, December, 2020)
explaining to kids
how Santa’s sleigh flies
with full COVID gear
By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Failed Haiku (Volume 5, Issue 60, December, 2020)
store Santa’s relief
no kids within six feet
to pull his beard
By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Failed Haiku (Volume 6, Issue 62, February, 2021)
quarantined single
more conversations with pets
than with people
By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in Failed Haiku (Volume 6, Issue 62, February, 2021)
kids play Fortnite
Pandemic strikes
kids play Fortnite squared
By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published in tsuri-dōrō Issue #5 (September/October 2021)
sound of one hand clapping
ceremonies open
at Tokyo Games
By Douglas J. Lanzo
First published Failed Haiku Volume 6, Issue 68 (September/October 2021)
house cat
flees from colored snake
deflating balloon
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2021
First published in Failed Haiku, Volume 6, Issue 68 (September/October 2021)
virtually working
for virtual pay
Bitcoin miners
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2021
First published in Poetry Pea, Spring 2021 Edition (April, 2021)
untimely sneeze-fest
quarantines Santa
through 12 Days of Christmas
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2021
First published in Poetry Pea, Spring 2021 Edition (April, 2021)
our cat
declines Zoom meeting
in one purr-fect leap
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2021
First published in Failed Haiku, Issue 71 (November, 2021)
catches of the day
two trout
and one tree
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2021
First published in Failed Haiku, Issue 71 (November, 2021)
a return
to rational discourse
Waiting for Godot
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2022
First published in sharing my solitude – Cafe Haiku’s 5th Poetry Anthology (July, 2022)
breathless rustling
at the windowpane
father’s tour ends
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2022
First published in sharing my solitude – Cafe Haiku’s 5th Poetry Anthology (July, 2022)
first bus ride
twin sons begin
their journey together
By Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2022
First published in Prune Juice Journal, Issue 39 (April 30, 2023)
March Madness
even grandma checks
the DraftKings line