This spate of haikus comes from a prompt offered from the FaceBook page of friend and bard, Terry Wooten. That’s him in the photo performing at his unique venue, Stone Circle. He wrote:

Bi-polar April.
Peepers singing in snowflakes.
Change lawn mower oil.
(April 18, 2022)

I shared his poem on my FaceBook page with the following comment: “It is a nearly perfect example of the the American Haiku: 5-7-5, presents something funny and/or surprising, it contains nature and makes a comment on humanness. It goes above and beyond by banging two things together that don’t belong together (twice!!) for a little “contrapposto.” I took it as a challenge to write my own April poem. I thought I could take inspiration and match his genius. Not today! I’ll keep trying.”

The rest of the day I continued to put out haiku and some are better than others. I’m not certain any rose to Terry’s level above.

Oh no! I just drank
six gay beers and I liked it.
Please don’t tell my wife.
[68]

Heart doctor gave me
(prostate the size of a peach)
Mass diuretics.
[69]

What makes a haiku?
In America, mostly
Humor and surprise.
[70]

Ski masks make baseball
Look like bank robbing–
Another stolen base.
[71]

It’s hard to see things
If you don’t do anything.
Bad haiku! Bad ‘ku!
[72]

When the sun peeks through
on a snowy April day,
don’t believe the lie.
[73]

A Fox News headline
Is a lie that might happen
In Bizarroland.
[74]

Matter/energy
Cannot be made or destroyed.
Where’d the ice cream go?
[75]