Evening news: [amidst lingering thoughts of pedophile priests...] 21 churches are closing in the archdiocese of ...


stained glass windows
fallen leaves littering
this old church

1.*
A mi memoria
la sombra de la encina
siempre volvia

*Duna graciously left this haiku as a comment to my 12/19/09 post.


2.**
the nude oak
casts a lean shadow
winter fast

**Inspired by Duna's "A mi memoria" and my neighbor's oak.

Haiku 110909

fall collection
honor guards unload
caskets






For One Single Impression, Prompt 89: Departed

Haiku 101809

fallen leaves
i smell meat cooking
over coal

Haiku 032109

soiled clothes
leaves from autumn
on soggy ground

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Recently, we saw the following:

CNN: "Taxing the AIG $165 M Bonuses: Legal or Political Punishment"

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And we thought:

.... It's moral punishment! The people of AIG Financial Products tried to bankrupt the world, thanks to the lack of oversight during the Bush-Cheney era. And now, these same AIG FP executives are receiving "bonuses" out of taxpayers' bailout money?! ...