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OTHER RENS BOOK TWO & BOOK THREE

book 2

renghost
uncle sam says january third we widows get a few bucks raise
not what it used to be a mind of my own
rencoast
off the coast in these worn mountains
the bad curve a car sails across my drive into the bottom land
rentoast
even better than 39 40 and 50 i like being sixty
a fortune for this run-down house anywhere near toasty
renboast
as if they're suited to be talking 'bout stuff talking suits
yes i can i can eat more chocolate than you
renpost
hard drive crash in a space unused solstice greetings hang
around here they say: dumb as a post
renmost
except in my mind moon in perigee not even almost seen
utmost in tv hype anything beginning with e
Lynx april 2000

renwren
'summer's albino wren' a poem that defined a beginning
back for peanut butter wrens and song sparrows
renomen
of course i like to say owom as in 'all the woms had an owom'
times square welded manhole covers locked mailboxes
renden
at least 25 years groundhog dens by the old-timey apple trees
'den of thieves' mr testosterone's internal memo*
*Bill Gates
renwhen
no christian terrorism on the infamous birthday
oops already eaten the can of french-style green y2k beans
renamen
baptist deacon a smoke outside
pagan: country dweller heathen: from the heath heretic: able to choose
Poetry In The Light website

renrebuke
larry king rebukes the rabbi who rebukes the christian who
dentist: i find your work violent therefore you
renduke
hepburn or not no silly macho movie with wayne
duke university library surely wants a copy of other rens by us
renfluke
missed the flounder an ankle wound an 8-month belly at the er
by then out of love those first haiku
Haiku Light March 2000

renplunk/renkerplunk
water's sound entwined with frog's jump equal ye olde kerplunk
gulls and a 'copter above the latest debris field
renjunk
even more snowed in a late night attempt at junk food creation
spam haiku' denigrates both
renshrunk
if a shrink isn't already shrunk i just might do it
nothing more to report the reporters kept on reporting
renhunk/renhunky-dory
hanging in unprepared for the worst unprepared for the best
a little head on a muscle-bound body in tiny briefs
renspunk/renspunky
finally agassi decided to be number one in the world and he is*
golly what nancy drew can do
*tennis player
rentrunk
nuthatch on the poplar heading down of course
found little kids dead in cars without a way out of the boots
renbunk/renbunker
democratic convention the year archer bunker got votes
bunker-mentality how many far-right gun 'collectors'
rengunk
between rocks on the alaskan shore after all this time exxon oil
inside the broken-down modem inside the lungs
rensunk
dragged into the depths of the porn industry for college tuition
bogged down in depression her delusions resurface
rendrunk
an art student from east grand forks: 'shit-faced'
high on their habitat creatures of habit in a winter wetland
renfunk/renfunky
next winter a washtub of dirt inside to sneak a feel
the old days when funk and wagnalls was where to look it up*
*Funk & Wagnalls Standard Handbook
rendunk
slam-dunk 'bad' republican mccain over bush in new hampshire
'seinfeld' episode: dangers of double-dipping the chip

book 3

renrobe
the scruffier the better a bathrobe in winter all day long
'shroud of turin' is what yeah right
Haiku Canada 2000

rentaboo
she asks if it will kill the iris to transplant during menstruation
a healthy baby springs from the 'kissing cousins'
rentattoo
regarding tattoos the closest i'll come are annual flu shots
she pulls up her sleeve a nazi number
rencoo
years ago the appearance of brooks' high/coo magazine
what is it then that doveturtles say
Frogpond 23:3 2000

renSeurat
'chicago chicago' art institute cezanne's 2-d table changed my eyes
up close hard to find a monkey in the grass
renacrobat
ridge-runners born with a leg longer my missing link
since i fall the goal is fall in the best way possible if possible
renaristocrat
richest nerd taken down a notch see my haiku help the world
in the caring of the hayes family this odd artist
rendiplomat
the diplomat gives over his home to part of the gonzalez family
straight to the point a help to the frazzled and weary
rentheocrat
how handy for males when the god and the priests are male too
apotheosis atheism enthusiasm pantheon polytheism*
*from the Greek theos

Lynx february 2001

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