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DanglingModifiers

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Alba Publishing

DanglingModifiers

haiku and senryu

Mike Montreuil

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Published by Alba Publishing, P O Box 266, Uxbridge UB9 5NX, United Kingdom www.albapublishing.com

© 2016 Mike MontreuilAll rights reservedNo part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright owners.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN: 978-1-910185-38-4Edited, designed and typeset by Kim RichardsonCover photo © Shutterstock/ItanaPrinted and bound by CreateSpace

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Author’s Preface

In 2012, I received a notebook-sized 2013 agenda as a Christmas present. Unfortunately, I had already purchased a 2013 agenda. Nevertheless, the three lines reserved for each day provided space for writing a haiku. After a year off from this small project, I purchased another agenda of the same type, this for 2015.

From those two agendas, Grant Savage, my renku partner and friend, selected 100 haiku and senryu for the small book you have in your hands.

Mike Montreuil Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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New Year’s—another vowmade to break

grey daythoughts turnto flowers

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dropping behindthe yearI have yet to live

misery—I love companytoo

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only one worryhis emptybowl

foreign affairs—e-mailproposition

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winter afternoonmesmerizedby water drops

above zerolight at the endof winter

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driftinginto sleep—snowflakes

spring rain—the flowersshe never had

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borrowingher pento ink a smile

another promiseanother momentcardinal song

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April fool’sregular programminginterrupted

leaningon his shovelmy shadow

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no earthquakesno bombingsjust sports

sudden summernot even closeto Mother’s Day

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wise beyondhis young years—flowers

shoppinga pregnant teenwalks a new stroller

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Mother’s Dayher meat loafrecipe

dangling modifierfollowingthe magpie

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morning at homenothinghas changed

telling herall is forgottenspring rain

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long daythe runin her nylons

sunny afternoonwhat do they doon other planets?

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sunshinebeyond summerrain

in the hot tubmy thoughtsbursting the bubbles

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there!I said it. . .bacon and eggs

a little rainovernight—her morning smile

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once inawhileonce

there’s no denyinghis new lawnmower

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retired—the barista askswhy so soon

Septembergeese gatherthe North wind

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week aloneonly an eraserto right wrongs

cloudy skiesshadows of summerin the fallen leaves

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hung outto dryex-CEO

35,000 feetthe moon shinesin the twilight zone

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Halloweenrain and leavesknock

Remembrance Daynot forgettingtheir suffering

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her birthdaylost in the memoriesof dementia

snow squallwho to dream oftoday

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saying goodbyeher growingdementia

freezing drizzleit’s all inthe details

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in anotherlanguagethe same problems

Boxing Dayspendingmy grief

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2 AMlistening to the catsnore

New Year’s EveDick Clarkno longer with us

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New Year’s Daylosingat Solitaire

daily plannerwhat to writewhen retired

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freezing rainmy sinsin crystal

full moonsnow crunchingunderfoot

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the windin a new directionSudoku completed

after the snownot one haiku

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approaching springtwo crowsplaying in flight

early warm spellpitchers and catchersreporting

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rightor wrong—her touch

I never knewwhat you saidmelting snow

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some kind of fluspring has arrived

another dayanothersenior’s discount

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sunny afternoonthe black driverstopped for ?

trying to imaginewhat’s underneaththe toupee

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informedmisinformedcensored

crow-cawswinterfrom the rain gutters

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winter overstill not an anton the salty sidewalk

slow morningeven Mozarta bit too fast

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old bus routethe citywe once lived in

chasing its tailthe dogthen the cat

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a beliefthat all is goodSpring

what were we thinking?the Sex Pistols live!

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thunderstormwhat do we donow?

construction workersthe line-upfor the washroom

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one dayat a timedandelions

clingingto the wiperbladea blackfly

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to understandmorning gloriesopening together

tick bitemy tripcomplete

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was ita memoryher last smile

diabetes—slowly the plumbingmalfunctions

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saying goodbyebird songI do not recognize

rush hourgroundhogswatching traffic

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gladiolus bloomnot the colourshe bought

if she hadonly told me—lesbian friend

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troubledby nothingthe old cat

only ifit takes forever—swallows overhead

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still wantingto wear his 36’smiddle-aged paunch

flower-patternedleggingsGood Morning!

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scarsacross his wristthe tattooed man

she picks up a ballwith her snoutmixed doubles

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years not decades leftis there a timeto go back home?

errors madecontemplatingon my sick bed

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grey dayonly gray carsin the parking lot

blinking at the blinkingdigital clockpower failure over

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mid-afternoonif only the cloudswould move

another defeatthe coach’shot air balloons

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morning noisesthe tic-talkof the clocks

strangestrange.strange. . .

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everythingon sale“See Store For Details”

she believeseverythingmom and Santa

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Christmas morningthe promise ofa day long rain

sudden winterI turn overand sleep again

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when I dieonly thenwill I grow old

something draws me thereChristmas lights

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Acknowledgments

‘dropping behind’ - Kado Haiku Group Broadsheet 2013

‘right’- Kado Haiku Group Broadsheet 2015

‘tick bite’ - Haiku Circle 10th Anniversary Anthology, 2016

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