Category Archives: haiku

the unfinished business of the book project: peculiar 5-7-5s & other imaginings

Posted on November 20, 2023 by sandstarsblog

The book project that I have last written about here: Peculiar Speed of the 5-7-5s is now more or less completed, and a PDF eBook is being made available to interested readers on this site’s bookshelf. As it turns out, … Continue reading →

Posted in about me, book, general, haiku, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, eBook, generative AI illustrations, haiku, imagine, poems, poetry, publishing, sadain, senryu, Sulu | Leave a comment

enchanted

Posted on January 11, 2019 by sandstarsblog

‘nice to see, nice to hold, once broken, considered sold.’ — anonymously printed on a signboard at a borders store spells to sell modern magic spells, flasks of fortune to dispense ancient human greed stir up the cauldron, lift … Continue reading →

Posted in haiku, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, appetite, borders, consumerism, enchantment, greed, modernity, sale, spells | 6 Comments

the cave

Posted on July 8, 2018 by sandstarsblog

the cave darkness yawns to claim and hold the heart of nations deep in suspension. the cave masters great depths of darkness can never measure up to grand spirit of man. © said sadain, jr. 2018

Posted in haiku, poetry | Tagged cave, Chiang Rai Province, flooding, great cave of the sleeping lady, junior football team, rain, rescue, Thailand, tham luang nang non, Wild Boars | 9 Comments

Peculiar Speed of the 5-7-5s

Posted on April 21, 2018 by sandstarsblog

In a parallel universe, I would have been a prolific writer, churning out, day and night, streams of prose and poetry, and kilometric reams of novels and essays, you would wonder if I ever stop for anything, if I ever … Continue reading →

Posted in about me, book, fiction writing, haiku, nature, photography, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, book, family, work, writing | 8 Comments

a sun song

Posted on March 29, 2018 by sandstarsblog

a sun song sun lifts from beneath steel wings of anxiety, pensile promises.

Posted in haiku, nature, photography, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, clouds, flying, haiku, poem, promises, sky, sun, sunrise | 5 Comments

last man standing

Posted on March 9, 2018 by sandstarsblog

last man standing under the moon this day each day the clock reminds my eyes are tired as if i do not know, the dark room unclasps me into the dusk to grapple with bleary visions of tomorrow, i am … Continue reading →

Posted in haiku, photography, poetry | Tagged 5-7-5, AMOLED, car, car parks, clock, drudgery, empery, gloom, iEye, last man standing, melancholy, moon, poetry, story, tides, trickles, uncompromising, wall | 6 Comments

the unshining

Posted on January 27, 2018 by sandstarsblog

the unshining there were these smart crows who picked open the house locks, and watched late night shows. © said sadain, jr. 2018 Author’s Note: If you’ve seen that 1980 movie of Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, then you would already … Continue reading →

Posted in haiku, poetry, politics | Tagged 5-7-5, crows, dumb, dumbing down, late night shows, smart, stanley kubrick, television, the shining, the unshining | 8 Comments

a wordy haiku?

Posted on January 20, 2018 by sandstarsblog

Posted in haiku, poetry, politics | Tagged 5-7-5, haiku, mighty, misunderstanding, nuances, poem, power, responsibility, understanding, words | 10 Comments

a crabby haiku

Posted on January 13, 2018 by sandstarsblog

of crabs and mentalities why do you get blamed for their own mentalities? o crab, you’re just fine. © said sadain, jr. 2018

Posted in haiku, nature, poetry, politics | Tagged 5-7-5, crab, crab mentality, haiku, poem | 7 Comments

the damas trees of sitteen

Posted on October 28, 2017 by sandstarsblog

the damas trees of sitteen green conocarpus dinosaurs lined up in mid island of sitteen silent witnesses to the flow of red-tailed worms this side of the world