by Kelly

every night she seeks

him out for rubs, pets, licks–her

daily daddy dose

by Alison

the spring in my step

is feeling stiff and heavy -

I research gym clubs

by Kelly

cougar on the news

roaming nearby suburbs–we

step out with the dogs

by Alison

I take ownership

of the automobile and

turn on NPR

by Kelly

throat, lips, nose and skin

scratchy, scaly, thirsty, chapped

life in furnace land

by Kelly

I’m a radio star!

Well, perhaps not quite. But I did get my name mentioned on air along with two of my haiku!

Many months ago, I submitted two of my travel-themed haiku to Rick Steves (travel guru extraordinaire) for inclusion in one of his future radio programs. Well, the future finally arrived. My haiku were read on Saturday’s show, which was December 12, 2009.

You can listen to the entire broadcast online. The first half of the program is about how Christmas is celebrated in Wales. The second half of the broadcast is all about sheep. Yes. Sheep.

The travel haiku don’t come in until the very end–specifically at minute marker 50:25. Once the program uploads, you can easily skip ahead to the best part, which is–of course–the haiku part!

My haiku are the second and third to be read.

Here is the link to the radio program.

And if you want to try your own hand at travel haiku to see if you too can get yours read on the air, this page will tell you how to do it: Travel Haiku with Rick Steves.

THat

by Alison

I have to stay up

till two o’clock just to have

some time to myself

by Kelly

Shit. Out of tampons.

I was hoping I wouldn’t

need more for nine months.

by Alison

in her pink night suit

with princess decals she looks

like a dictator

by Kelly

cafe eavesdropping

blind daters next to me are

over expressing