Blips

The following poems are all one-liners, compressions, or perhaps blips, arranged alphabetically. Although nearly all of them were first published in haiku journals (a list of publication credits appears at the end), they live beyond or on the boundaries of haiku. See also “pwoermds” and “Selected One-Liners.”

cocklebureaucratrace

cretinderbox

decorumor

escrowbarbarian

firmamentalcase

flowershowilting

gendermatologist

jaywalkingthedog

lawyermine

laundryeround&round

lovedone






mOMent

mortarboarduous

nightrain

orthodontisteetherized

perfectomorph

seasongone






snovernight

suffragettiquette

summermaidance

talismanicured

therapistopswearing

These poems previously appeared in Brevities, Fig Newtons (Foster City, California: Press Here, 1993), Four and Twenty, Haiku Canada Review, Mirrors, Modern Haiku, Northwest Literary Forum, Raw Nervz, Still, and in “The Sandpiper’s Song” trifold.