Martin Mikelberg: Poems

A take-off of onenesting, emphasizing or underscoring the nene's unapparent attempt to continue the species ( a nene is an almost extinct Hawaiian duck)

#haiku #ku #nene #hawaii #minimal

alwaysafewords - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2018

alwaysafewords - a minimal haiku

always safe, few words - a minimal haiku

The less you say, the safer you are, the more you say.

#minimal #haiku #ku #safe #less

assureassureassureality - a minimal haiku or ku

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

assureassureassureality - a minimal haiku or ku

assure, reassure, reassure, reality

Just what every adult goes through in getting there.

#minimal #haiku #ku

atomic cage, genocide - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

atomic cage, genocide - a minimal haiku

atomicagenocide

what the world is in right now, an atomic cage - we are trapped in our advanced scientific inventions

#minimalhaiku #haiku #ku #atomic #cage

at the end -athend - haiku & minimal

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

at the end -athend - haiku & minimal

even
these words
will disappear

serendipity - it just appeared like automatic writing

#haiku #ku #minimalpoetry #minimal

bachorder- a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

bachorder- a minimal haiku

bach, chord order

Some minimal haiku are constructed to hide the middle word so that three words conceals the middle word. But this is what Bach did, create a unique order of chords which become the melody as well. Just a note about music today, you can copyright melodies but you cannot copyright chords.

#minimal #haiku #chords #bach #music #ku #order

balance, with a twist ( with a apogee) - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

balance, with a twist ( with a apogee) - a minimal haiku

b a l n c e
A

an early one word haiku, using imagery of lowering one letter and creating the balance of letters in the word itself.

#pictoral #poetry

birtheartbeats - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

birtheartbeats - a minimal haiku

birth, the heatbeats

I originally wrote this in 1999 as "birtheartbeat" as one heart beat without the "s". As I typed it here in "hello poetry", I realized that there can be two or more heartbeats.

#birth #heartbeat #minimal #haiku #ku

bitcoin, investment mentality - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

bitcoin, investment mentality - a minimal haiku

bitcoinvestmentality

that's what happens,
when you watch the business channel
multitasking

that's what happens, when you watch the business channel while you write poetry

#haiku #minimal #ku #money #investments

bitcoinvestmentality

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2018

bitcoinvestmentality

bitcoin, investment entity - a minimal haiku

A takeoff of .....mentality

#haiku #ku #bitcoin #minimal

bitcoinvestmentragedy - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2018

bitcoinvestmentragedy - a minimal haiku

bitcoin, investment tragedy

A statement on this absurd fraudulent investment tragedy.

#bitcoin #mjnimal #haiku #ku

bitcoinvestmentragedy - a minimal haiku or ku

Martin Mikelberg Mar 2020

bitcoinvestmentragedy - a minimal haiku or ku

bitcoin
investment
tragedy

#bitcoin #investment #tragedy

blamegamericanger - a minimal haiku or "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

blamegamericanger - a minimal haiku or "ku"

blame, mega game, american anger

Children's game presently played - necessary when you are led by children instead of adults.

#haiku #ku #minimal

blueyesayes- a minimal haiku or "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

blueyesayes- a minimal haiku or "ku"

blue eyes, say yes

And they did 58 years ago for me, and still say yes.

#blue #eyes #haiku #ku #minimal

boomerang , anger returning - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

boomerang , anger returning - a minimal haiku

boomerangereturning

an early '90s minimal haiku, published in Modern Haiku. The ku clearly reflects the zen mode and illustrates the net effect or results of unjustified anger.

#minimal #minimalist #haiku #ku #zen

brothel, hello lover - a minimal poem

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

brothel, hello lover - a minimal poem

brothellover

never attended one, just a funny thought

#minimal #haiku #ku

buddha, dharma mastery - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

buddha, dharma mastery - a minimal haiku

buddharmastery

I am not a Buddhist , but I have read quite a bit about the tenets of Buddhism and have visited many temples - fascinating

#buddha #dharna #haiku #minimalpoetry #poetry #ku

cakeisterritory - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2018

cakeisterritory - a minimal haiku

cake, keister territory

I weigh myself every morning, except after eating cake the night before.

#minimal #haiku #ku #cake #keister #territory

catharsis - an acrostic poem

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

catharsis - an acrostic poem

c an
a
t ree
h ear
a
r obin
s inging
i n
s ilence

listening to a canary on YouTube as I select a poem

#acrostic #haiku #ku #minimal

censuredactioneway - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2018

censuredactioneway - a minimal haiku

censure, redaction- one new way

A political statement? Holly cow, did I just get over my skis?

#redaction #haiku #ku #minimal #skis

cherries - a modern haiku

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

cherries - a modern haiku

sensing worms inside
she ate the cherries
in the dark

It happens, and it did happen in just this way.

#robertspiess #modern #haiku #ku

chiddenergy - a minimal haiku or "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2020

chiddenergy - a minimal haiku or "ku"

chi, hidden energy chiddenergy

#chi #hidden #energy

chiddenity - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2020

chiddenity - a minimal haiku

chi, hidden entity

I use "chi" to heal my body and my soul every day when I sleep.

#chi #hidden #entity

chighigher -a minimal haiku and more

Martin Mikelberg Aug 2020

chighigher -a minimal haiku and more

chighigher             er
                     igh
              gh
       chi

chi
high
higher

it is what it is

#chi #high #higher

chighigher - a minmal poem or "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Aug 2020

chighigher - a minmal poem or "ku"

chi
high
higher

many nights of reaching for my chi moment

higher

#chi #high #higher

chi, hidden energy - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

chi, hidden energy - a minimal haiku

chiddenergy

a minimal poem about a human energy source within the body

#minimalhaiku #minimal #ku

churchiddenergy - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2020

churchiddenergy - a minimal haiku

church, hidden energy

Is there hidden energy in your church?

#church #hidden #energy

churchiddentity - a minimal haiku or "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2020

churchiddentity - a minimal haiku or "ku"

church, hidden entity

"god"

#church #hidden #entity

chutzpah - a modern haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

chutzpah - a modern haiku

chutzpah
she asks for the children's dinner portion
- and the senior discount

I saw this happen and the haiku rose to my brain immediately

#haiku #chutzpah

cicada - an acrostic haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

cicada - an acrostic haiku

c autiously
i
c onsort
a nd
d ance
a gain

acrostichaiku haiku minimal acrostic

#acrostichaiku #haiku #minimal

cicadas - a modern haiku

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

cicadas - a modern haiku

millions of cicadas
how do they choose
their mate

this follows from my previous minimal haiku

#haiku #ku #modern #cicada

cicadatingame- a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

cicadatingame- a minimal haiku

cicada, dating game

millions of cicadas
how do they choose
their mate

#cicada #minimal #haiku #ku #dating #game

closet tour, ourselves - a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Dec 2017

closet tour, ourselves - a minimal haiku

closetourselves

Almost like "justwords" which I put together, "closetourselves" has the effect of hiding the "tour." The meaning of the minimal is that we put ourselves into a closet and away from socializing or living in the community, adding to it, improving it, making the most of our gift of being alive.

#haiku #ku #minimal #closet

coïtusinterruptus--a minimal sin

Martin Mikelberg Feb 2020

coïtusinterruptus--a minimal sin

coïtus
sin
interruptus

not a sin at all, but pleasurable all the while

#sincotusinterruptus

combatteredaisies - a minimal "ku" or haiku

Martin Mikelberg Aug 2020

combatteredaisies - a minimal "ku" or haiku

combat
battered
daisies

daisies

combatteredandelions - a minimal haiku or ku

Martin Mikelberg Aug 2020

combatteredandelions - a minimal haiku or ku

combat
battered
dandelions

The absurdity of war

#combat #battered #dandelions

combatteredreamnesia - a minimal "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Aug 2020

combatteredreamnesia - a minimal "ku"

combat
battered
dream
amnesia

dream, amnesia, combat,battered

coronakedilemmaladying - a minimal "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Mar 2020

coronakedilemmaladying - a minimal "ku"

corona
   naked
    dilemma
         malady
             dying

#corona #naked #dilemma #malady #dying

coronaturevamping - a minimal "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Aug 2020

coronaturevamping - a minimal "ku"

corona
nature
revamping

perhaps, what we are seeing, nature revolting to our way of living

#corona #nature #revamp

coronaturevamping - a minimal "ku"

Martin Mikelberg Aug 2020

coronaturevamping - a minimal "ku"

corona
nature
revamping

mother earth takes us down

#corona #nature #revamp

crash -a minimal haiku poem about all of us

Martin Mikelberg Nov 2021

crash -a minimal haiku poem about all of us

crashatteredreAMERICAstratedition

crash
shattered
dream
AMERICA
castrated
edition

creation, once certain-a minimal haiku

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

creation, once certain-a minimal haiku

creationcertain

Can't make a final decision, which is good.

#haiku #ku #creation

curveball - a one word haiku

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2018

curveball - a one word haiku

.     u
c         r                         l
              v                  l
                   e   b   a

I enjoy defining a word with the unusual writing of the letters themselves. In this case it is a one word haiku.

#haiku #ku

dante'sinferno - a minimal haiku ot ku

Martin Mikelberg Jul 2020

dante'sinferno - a minimal haiku ot ku

dante's
sin
inferno

#sin #inferno

dantestingod - a minimal haiku or ku

Martin Mikelberg Jul 2020

dantestingod - a minimal haiku or ku

dante
testing
god

#dante #god #testing

defending the hermit crab

Martin Mikelberg Jan 2020

defending the hermit crab

hermit crab
quite social
an undeserved bad rap
not really a hermit
not really a crab

hermit social quite rap crab

dilemmasses-min. haiku, "ku" or "coup d'éta"t"

Martin Mikelberg Sep 2020

dilemmasses-min. haiku, "ku" or "coup d'éta"t"

dilemma
masses
*****

Not dodging the daily political nonsense, our "embarrassment", internationally, of the last four years (you should notice the word "***" also appears in that word) and in this country of electing a donkey ( not really right as that is insulting to the donkey) will hopefully end in November, 2020. But the masses who saw something in him and thought there was nothing to lose, will still be here, with the same hates and attitude for the most part . How to change them is the real dilemma.

Not dodging the daily political nonsense, our "embarrassment", internationally, of the last four years (you should notice the word "***" also appears in that word) and in this country of electing a donkey ( not really right as that is insulting the donkey) will hopefully end in November, 2020. But the masses who saw something in him and thought there was nothing to lose, will still be here, with the same hate and attitude for the most part . How to change them is the real dilemma.