III. Original Haiku by Our Subscribers


(Gar-Note: We begin this section with replies to our request for job-related Haiku . . . )
                                                                                
By: Tom Frenkel (frenkel@cpmail-am.cis.columbia.edu)
                                                                                
                                                                                
      manager's office                   
      cardboard boxes carried out     
      sun shines through window      
                                                  
                                              
By: Matt Burke:  (burke@beta.math.wsu.edu)   
                                           
      The Careless Archaeologist        
                                           
      Crunching Underfoot        
      Unimportant Bone-like Sound        
      Tibia Fragments                 
                              
Actually, I'm not an archaeologist; my wife is.  Often when she's
working on a site and I go out and visit, I worry about     
accidentaly trampling an artifact.  So far I haven't, but there's
always next time.         
                     
                                                   
By: Gregg McClain (McClain@GEOG.SSCNET.UCLA.EDU)
                                         
                                         
Shi o matte                      Waiting for the teacher  
mitsumeru koyomi                 gazing at calendar picture
momiji no e                      Autumn maples 
                                
At my university students spend a lot of time waiting . . .
                             
                  
By: Ed Cherry (CECHERRY@SAMFORD.BITNET) 
                     
      Awash in flourescence  
        contemplating next command  
          -- System's Librarian 
                           
                     
By: Gary Warner (GLWARNER@SAMFORD.BITNET) 
                
                
      (another late night in the computer room!)    
          
      Another command     
      another dose of caffeine 
      Five more files to go!  
                        
                 
                                                                                
By: Nori Matsui (NORIM@EARLHAM.BITNET)
              
      Kitsutsuki ya             Pileated woodpecker,
      shibashi mitoreru         charmed to gaze upon for a while
      syachuu kana              from inside the car 
                       
Waiting for my daughter to come back from the piano lesson,
a big woodpecker came in front of me.  Checking and pecking    
a tree with dry rough sound, I could not start the engine   
even after she came back into the car.  We simply watched
him for a long time quietly. 
                          
                            
By: Nori Matsui (NORIM@EARLHAM.BITNET)  
                 
      Modoreru fuyu             Returned winter    
      toriire naosu             putting back into house 
      shokubutsu ya             all the plants and pots 
                  
After a week of very hot days, very chilly days and nights
came back.  All the plants and pots have to be placed inside
of the house, quickly.   

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