A Poem Published in the Spring 2022 issue of Akitsu Quarterly
by
John J. Dunphy
gardening
the hoe handle plants
splinters in my hand
John J. Dunphy owns The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL. His poetry collections include Touching Each Tree, Zen Koanhead, Stellar Possibilities, Old Soldiers Fading…
Two Columns Written by a Guy Doing Time in Facebook Jail on Bum Raps
by
John J. Dunphy
A Haiku That My Fellow Baby-Boomers Will Find Meaningful
by
John J. Dunphy
(originally published in the March 2022 issue of stardust haiku)
oldies concert
waiting backstage
the band’s chiropractor
John J. Dunphy’s poetry collections include Old Soldiers Fading Away, Zen Koanhead, pagan rites, Touching Each Tree, Stellar Possibilities and…
A Haiku I Dare Not Post on Facebook
by
John J. Dunphy
Why? I’m currently serving a 30-day sentence in Facebook Jail for posting what it regarded as inappropriate material. I’m putting my incarceration to good use, though. I’ve even started my own prison gang: the Haiku Hellcats.
This poem was just published today (3.19.22) on Cold Moon Journal:
John J. Dunphy owns The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL. His poetry collections include Touching Each Tree, Zen Koanhead, Stellar Possibilities, Old Soldiers Fading Away, pagan rites and Dark Nebulae.
Five Haiku/Tanka About Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
by
John J. Dunphy
under bombardment
wounded are evacuated
from the hospital
— John J. Dunphy
VFW Post
a couple of Nam vets discuss
going to Ukraine
— John J. Dunphy
child
learning her numbers
counts aloud while her father
loads rounds into
an AK-47 magazine
— John J. Dunphy
fleeing on foot
Ukrainian family
pauses to allow
their leashed dog
to mark his territory
— John J. Dunphy
clinic ruins
a man salvages
his dead daughter’s crutches
— John J. Dunphy
John J. Dunphy owns The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL. His poetry collections include Touching Each Tree, Zen Koanhead, Stellar Possibilities, Old Soldiers Fading Away, pagan rites and Dark Nebulae.
Five One-Line Haiku
by
John J. Dunphy
(Originally published in the March 2022 issue of Fireflies’ Light)
quarter moon a panhandler wants my change
slippery slope the icy wheelchair ramp
my garden watered by hailstones
tethered with cobwebs an antique rocking horse
floating downstream the ice fisherman’s hole
John J. Dunphy owns The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL. His poetry collections include Touching Each Tree, Zen Koanhead, Stellar Possibilities, Old Soldiers Fading Away, pagan rites and Dark Nebulae.
Three Haiku About Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
by
John J. Dunphy
John J. Dunphy owns The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL. His poetry collections include Touching Each Tree, Zen Koanhead, Stellar Possibilities, Old Soldiers Fading Away, pagan rites and Dark Nebulae.
Two Scifaiku Sestet and a Scifaiku Tanka
by
John J. Dunphy
finally free
from the curse of lycanthropy —
a warm greeting from
my new brothers and sisters
upon arriving at the settlement on
the dark side of the moon
(published in Scifaikuest, May 2021)
snowman
snowman
snowlizard
walking down our street
my dog and I pass
our alien neighbors’ yard
(Published in Scifaikuest Feb. 2022
piano concert intermission
my wife and I agree
the alien musician’s performance
enhanced by having
12 fingers
(Published in Scifaikuest Feb. 2022
John J. Dunphy owns The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL. His poetry collections include Touching Each Tree, Zen Koanhead, Stellar Possibilities, Old Soldiers Fading Away, pagan rites and Dark Nebulae.
John J. Dunphy owns The Second Reading Book Shop in Alton, IL USA. Google him to learn more about this enigmatic person who is such a gifted writer and poet.
