Haiku

Tattered on the pole --
That flag has seen better days,
much like our country. - Jeff Barnes

Haiku

This hazardous street! Squirrel on a power line crosses it safely. - Jeff Barnes

Haiku

House where that dog lived -- realtor sign by the old tree, tulips by the walk. - Jeff Barnes

To Hymen (A poem for National Pencil Day)

It was on the 30th of March, 1858 that a stationer named Hymen Lipman made the pencil great by patenting a model with an eraser attached so that errors could be rubbed out instead of merely scratched.

So let us all give thanks to dear Hymen

for making writing more facile.

It's because of him that correcting errors

is no longer such a hassle. - Jeff Barnes

Haiku

Late February --
Crow walks the newly thawed street,
drinks from a puddle. - Jeff Barnes