These lay no claim to being true Haiku or Senryu. The only concession to form is five syllable first line, seven syllable second line, five syllable third line.
koanku
petulant cosmos:
“i didn’t ask to be made.”
here is god’s reply:
gritku
up all night down soon
now at that inbetween grit;
soul’s undies twisted,
alakudabra
the real magic trick:
convincing via mere words
that words make magic
crestfallku
waves and heraldry
both involve crests borne on high
and abysmal troughs
rhymes-with-keenness ku
greed to racetrack to
purse money to breeding: greed
makes fine equineness
wow-obsolescence ku
blog ability
would have shaken the earth once
now it’s mundane
sob wows: a lesson/ku
spectacular tears
of mrs. willy loman
are a graveyard smash
loudfingerku
all those nerve endings
intended to thrill the brain
scream like hell when mashed
return to senderku
‘dust to dust’ does not
give aid and/or comfort–just
accurate info
fin alley ku
sharks in the alley
await the grand finale;
let’s skip it, shall we?