the behaviour of margaret thatcher after 1990
she twiddles her thumbs,
reads trashy romance novels,
and plays solitaire.
Honorable Mention
Flavour centre
In London, England,
should my favourite cookies
be called “Oureos”?
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Savour
savour the dolour
the centre of the gaol's tyre
swing, the black colour
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Splendour
I believe Heaven
will be like Los Angeles,
except with football.
Other Notable Haikus
Saviour
If you care for me,
Jesus of Nazareth, then
where’s my Ferrari?
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demeanour
she stares from her chair.
her mournful eyes reveal her
black heart. or black shoes.
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the inadvertent misdemeanour
i run to the tree
as the environment sits
eerie and unnerved.
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Vapour rub
Vick’s seems so much more
sophisticated when it’s
spelled with an “ou.”
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behavioural ardour
his hand: did it stroke
my face intentionally?
no, no it didn’t.
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Val, our
Val, our lead singer,
came down with laryngitis.
Bethany filled in.
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Not in the parlour
It was Mrs. White
in the conservatory
with…hey, wait a sec!
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Contintental Divide
does your tongue savour
the flavour of language if
O, U R a yank?
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Arbour
The trees form a neat
Pattern here, nobody would
Dare to disturb them.
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Candour
Let me be honest.
Haikus are about as fun
as milking a cow.
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Saviour
His Name is Jesus
I always spell it that way
He deserves honour
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Can I do you a favour?
Yes, I will give you
one thousand pesos for just
seventy-five pounds.
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Brownie points
I'd write a haiku
to tip my hat to the joke
Matt said about "four"
but I'm not that type
the suck-ups and brown-nosers
oops, don't use those words