one-line linked haiku

TRIO OF WRENS

part 1: bound together
1
renmisadventure
fbi 'to understand the criminal you must look at the crime' duh
what fun new hearings by the right-wing
renwrencher
probably a movie in the works my heart didn't go out
kid next door had to 'worsh and wrench' his hands before supper
renindenture
they'll hang onto the rebel flag until the money that made it runs out
took most of my life to get free from most of my life
renclencher
the last straw i'd have to leave the valley earlier if i kept cows
'follow the money'
renventure
'well i double-dare you' through the screen door
to the snow-cone syrup rep re profit 'i make them like i like them'
renquencher
josh and i climb to 'our secret place' and drink from the rocks
for my spirit the odor and feel of leaf mold

2
renbencher
tired i plop down and pull out poison ivy in rain with no gloves
john rocker mooned as he arrives from the bullpen
renbedrencher
unsatisfied mother nature keeps washing my clothes
violence over the walls covered with hate symbols too
rencensure
word has it my haiku don't meet the standards of the standardizers
'corporapetions'
renintrencher/renentrencher
determined to repair the damage to this sweet earth morning rain
will i sell a piece of the land to move deeper in
rendenture
might as well have plates the nuisance of the tmj splint
was the cherry tree cut down for teeth
rendebenture
the slide from riches to rags
nothing else a 'fortune' in land and art too deeply personal to let go

part 2: forever & tomorrow
6
renpentagon/renPentagon
are we going back to ‘pentagone spending’ by ‘pentagoons’
afraid of gay men the fighting men
renheron
over my house the great blue and i meet at the little pond
to live in a heron’s nest or do i already
renupsilon
secrets of date-rape held close to the chest
naive and odd an inner pledge to understand art stuff
rengone
to get along the old woman stacks wood of varying lengths
voice mail i ask for my money back
renscone
hot day it’s fritoes and a bologna sandwich
fortunately don’t have what’s needed for the rubber chicken circuit
renanon
the sheriff interrupts himself once more to specify ‘alleged’
so much of my work forgotten by me

7
renaqueous
so far no radiation detected the sub so far below so close
a disease that’s just no fun not suppose to sweat
renPegasus
invasion by horseback old europe without horses
spaceships any named after a greek ‘shevinity’ or not
renexodus
global nature please japanese beetles go home
no one stops as tillie tooter’s car’s rammed off the bridge
rentruss
so tied to this place nothing else i want to enjoy
a used mouse sends me back to the wrist splint
rennumerous
summer garden talk turns to watch out it’ll take over
100' x whatever a bare hillside i mulch daily
rencarnivorous
attn: discovery channel the she-lion is merely ‘doing lunch’
junk-food supper not animal vegetable mineral

8
renvicissitudinous
little-print dictionary one-lens glasses i fake this link
can’t he budge one iota old jesse helms
renvoluptuous
‘fine art nudes’ naked to the men and children
taken to a bar specializing in big-breasted ‘mama-sans’
renamorous
in love with the soil top middle sub and beyond
aroused by the wrong man ‘familiarity breeds contempt’
rencontinuous
ok by me if we three could ‘other rens’ forever & tomorrow
on-hold music on-hold music on-hold - music?
renfuss
eventually and mostly detractors of my art come around
done in more by not wanting to do dishes
renthunderous
yahweh late in the tradition of thunder and lightning gods
where the rubber meets the road lovers lane

part three: yin/yang in a whirl
1
renfeminine/renmasculine
feminine & masculine how many people have these words hurt
not allowed to participate she’s born to wear a dress
renmandolin
mandolin fiddle & banjo let that downhome bluegrass begin
mother maybelle the autoharp in her voice*
*of the carter family
renchin
a tough go yet why not make light of it
an overbite that shapes the face that shapes the personality
2
rendin
john’s haiku ‘fussing of the titmice’ a welcomed sound every day*
new york tennis fans a different breed of sound
*john wills (1921-1993)
renBoleyn
when a man loves a woman* he loves her ‘rage haiku’**
poor old insecure henry probably 1/8th of a brain
*songwriter percy sledge **poet serge tome
3
renelephantine
‘i forget if i don’t write everything down’ what a lucky person
who in the world thought to ride on an elephant
rengrin
great satisfaction to explain the ad to an executive
within the flora and fauna doe and i eat from the same tree
4
renupswell
gullywash silt replaces silt trash replaces trash
part of the problem part of the solution the land’s grip on me
rendownhill
downhill means i’ve been uphill in the trees past the deer path
a tired afternoon in the sound of cicadas
renNell/renknell
in the quest to pronounce my difficult names i’d forget nell
in a special space like jodie foster’s portrayal
6
renphilomel
to be a morning glory and a night owl
the chickadees today a no-show when i called with seeds
renversatile
a little tennis during spongebob squarepants commercials
haiku about anything and everything this woman’s view
renfarewell
one way or t’other fond of saying: this is not your father’s haiku
more leaves on the ground less on the trees

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