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Haiga by Debbie Strange
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Cast List In order of appearance
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Vijay Prasad Cristina Angelescu Roberta Beach Jacobson Bob Moyer Charles Harmon Vicki Miko Nikolay Grankin Michael Flanagan Tracy Davidson Lew Watts Mark Meyer David Käwika Eyre Irina Guliaeva Marie-Louise Montignot Craig Kittner Lee Felty Barbara Kaufmann Lucia Fontana Richard Grahn
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Alexis Rotella Steven Smolak Mike Gallagher Radka Mindova and Daniela Torgova Olivier Schopfer Keith Polette David He Bill Gottlieb Bill Gottlieb Bruce England Scott Wiggerman Marilyn Humbert Stefano d'Andrea Margaret Tau Michael Rehling John J. Dunphy Peter Jastermsky Réka Nyitrai Tia Haynes Nicholas Klacsanzky Margherita Petriccione Tonia Kalouria Eric A. Lohman Richa Sharma Stella Damarjati Jackie Maugh Robinson
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Gail Oare Jamie Wimberly Robin Anna Smith Ayisi Gordon Gullanyi Barbara Tate Pris Campbell Terri French Hadley J. Jones Ingrid Jones Chen-ou Liu Mark Gilbert Marietta McGregor Robert Kingston Adrian Bouter Natalia Kuznetsova David J. Kelly Angela Giordano Dinesh Shihantha De Silva Vandana Parashar James Chessing Elizabeth Crocket Agus Maulana Sunjaya Paul Beech Christina Chin Philip Whitley Sarah Paris
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Terrie Jacks Kath Abela Wilson Carol Raisfeld Michael H. Lester Rehn Kovacic John J. Han Lucky Triana S.M. Kozubek Hazel Hall Oscar Luparia Nicky Gutierrez Angiola Inglese Julie Warther Pitt Büerken Gary Hittmeyer Jo Balistreri Jill Lange Anna Cates Carman Duvalma Sonam Chhoki Cynthia Rowe Kerstin Park Ivan Gaćina Marilyn Ashbaugh Aljoša Vuković Sanela Pliško
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Teiichi Suzuki Shloka Shankar Bryan Rickert
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gradually i resemble the corpse i will be Vijay Prasad
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Cristina Angelescu
folding my arms one last time - butterfly wings
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Roberta Beach Jacobson
traffic light as good a time as any to go
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Bob Moyer
to hell and back forgot to sign the guest book no bragging rights
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Charles Harmon
cemetery with a view for the living or the dead Vicki Miko
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young maple not enough shade to cover a coffin Nikolay Grankin
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when that time comes breath—peace in, turmoil out and take one last step Michael Flanagan
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bury me in my wedding dress I'll be my own something blue Tracy Davidson
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Another Place I am at Crosby Beach, near Liverpool. There is little wind. Along the coast, a hundred cast-iron figures face out to sea. Each is modeled on Sir Anthony Gormley, the creator of this installation. I have been here since low tide and the water is now waist-deep. Soon, it will be over our heads. no rocks a life’s work in my pockets
Lew Watts
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my death poem another work in progress... so just wait for it Mark Meyer
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his obit printed out pdf David Käwika Eyre
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his after, after, after... I hope there`s no afterlife Irina Guliaeva
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still hesitating which haiku on my headstone Marie-Louise Montignot
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finger suspended over the call button a choice Craig Kittner
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confetti the funeral director slays me Lee Felty
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Barbara Kaufmann
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dust of a moth all that i’ve been belongs to the moon Lucia Fontana
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these are my last words . . . deal with it! Richard Grahn
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Alexis Rotella
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for those of you who thought I went to heaven --- I did not Steven Smolak
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after the funeral a family gathering bury the hatchet Mike Gallagher
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Radka Mindova and Daniela Torgova
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laughing children who will remember me when I die Olivier Schopfer
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arsonist’s ashes . . . the way he earned his urn Keith Polette
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autumn chill a dry plant bears one red tomato David He
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hospice board meeting accounting for the dead Bill Gottlieb
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She sat next to me, how long have you been waiting? a few days, I think, I remember seeing you always from a distance Bruce England
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my long life more rings than this felled cottonwood Scott Wiggerman
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Lining the cavalcade route cawing crows Marilyn Humbert
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nel pascolo celeste dietro il primo albero farò la pipì in the heavenly pasture behind the first tree I'll pee Stefano d'Andrea
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hospital gown unravels leaves life behind Margaret Tau
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family plot~ in the cemetery dancing on my grave Michael Rehling
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sidewalk a garbage can atop the body's chalk outline John J. Dunphy
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telling no one the stone one day they'll trip over Peter Jastermsky
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crow chirps from a leaking clock... death Réka Nyitrai
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my breasts finally feeding someone - natural burial Tia Haynes
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summer’s height before my samadhi I kill a spider Nicholas Klacsanzky * In Hinduism, this is the final stage at which the union with the divine is reached, before or at death.
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scent of cypresses… near the place of my rest please don't smoke Margherita Petriccione
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Plane sputters, spirals, nose-dives. . . Another tall tail attracts whale-watchers Tonia Kalouria
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paddles up — one last bend in my river Eric A. Lohman
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funeral parade -- i become aware of the final destination Richa Sharma
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fall's crimson leaves gradual decay my reality Stella Damarjati @skdamarjati
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winter solstice the full moon holds back the darkness a little longer Jackie Maugh Robinson
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funeral service the family’s undivided attention at last Gail Oare
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sable paint brush back in the wooden box my casket Jamie Wimberly
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decomp I finally lose the weight Robin Anna Smith
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Sensitive teeth – gleaning long my waakye, grain upon bean, for grits and sand Ayisi Gordon Gullanyi
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chemo the passport photo no longer me Barbara Tate
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hell’s flames... my devout mother risks cremation Pris Campbell
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Terri French
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I leave as a stray... if the nuns show up send them after me Hadley J. Jones
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Ingrid Jones
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I plead for one more day alone in a dead-end alley with the Grim Reaper Chen-ou Liu
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long slow fade out on the longest day nothing to say Mark Gilbert
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roaming old shores only my shadow pauses for shellsong Marietta McGregor
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distant echo somewhere in space my altered ego Robert Kingston
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health condition they shoot horses don't they? Adrian Bouter
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the family grave too crowded to my taste ... looking for options Natalia Kuznetsova
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another season passes now I see the beauty of unraked leaves David J. Kelly
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on my grave I don't put the photograph- I will live forever Angela Giordano
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they finally bury the larger than life figure in two coffins Dinesh Shihantha De Silva
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dying embers... a spark in her eyes and then the darkness Vandana Parashar
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the saddle-shaped X-ray of my kidneys with contrast: no need to ride my horse into the sunset just yet James Chessing
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obituary a slow circulation of the past Elizabeth Crocket
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wilted camellia in her hand my ashes Agus Maulana Sunjaya
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eyes closed I hear his voice crush his hand in mine… g’bye son Paul Beech
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no eulogies and anniversary poems I fold my will Christina Chin
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my cicada husk still clings to the live-oak tree Philip Whitley
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still fresh! those flowers on the compost at the cemetery Sarah Paris
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grandma’s passing grandkids proclaim we can win in Uno Terrie Jacks
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downsizing? my Alice in Wonderland yes to saying no Kath Abela Wilson
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when I die my soul takes flight up or down for eternity beyond tomorrow can't wait to get out of town Carol Raisfeld
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when I die bury me in the woods mark my grave with a stick and for the love of Pete let me rot in peace Michael H. Lester
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backyard swing set another miscarriage Rehn Kovacic
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death— the cessation of farting John J. Han
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Lucky Triana
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nearly dead gnarled tree still upright how I want to go S.M. Kozubek
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Hazel Hall
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cigarette butt – the day I finally stop writing "I" Oscar Luparia
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last gift to my love cold hands Nicky Gutierrez
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roses that I will not see wither ..... autumn wind Angiola Inglese
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Julie Warther
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my tombstone set up I'd like savoring it myself for a while Pitt Büerken
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meeting at another funeral midday gloom Gary Hittmeyer
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among the wings of monarchs i migrate Jo Balistreri
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still alive— contrary to the photo on my new driver license Jill Lange
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Heartland, USA (sic) I a Choctaw elder recalls Woodstock . . . wilted cosmos II pilgrimage . . . beyond old brick buildings meat processing plant III Sirens . . . a paranoid poodle presses Its nose to the glass IV city cemetery . . . in the slow-falling snow a shadow lingers Anna Cates
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Carman Duvalma
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moonlit Membār Tso* what need for butter lamps in the bar-do Sonam Chhoki "Burning Lake”: Located in Tang, Bumthang, central Bhutan. It is associated with Pema Lingpa (1450 - 1521), the Bhutanese tantric master who discovered the sacred texts of Guru Rimpoche, the founder of Buddhism in Bhutan.
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Cynthia Rowe
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first frost in every wrinkly rosehip a summer story Kerstin Park
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abandoned village . . . a death notice on the wall torn by the wind Ivan Gaćina
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last sip of breath unpeeling the sticky floor from my soul Marilyn Ashbaugh
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top of the mountain never closer to my friend Aljoša Vuković
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reassuring everyone the gun is not... Sanela Pliško
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sunset glow-- another world visible in mandala Teiichi Suzuki
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Shloka Shankar
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I would like to sincerely thank Michael Rehling for allowing me to be a guest editor for Failed Haiku and for entertaining my crazy idea. I would also like to thank all the poets who trusted me with their work. It is an honor to be able to share it with the world.
jazz spilling from the open door on the day I die sing about this saint gone marchin’ in Bryan Rickert
‘Failed’ Editor [email protected]
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