O Holy Night
the burglar's footprints
in snow
after her suicide
we learn
her name
crying tears
of pigeon shit
the bronze king
food poisoned in France
a night
of drizzles
pizza parlor
after the murders
help wanted
About David Lanoue
David G. Lanoue was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1954. He is a professor of English at Xavier University in New Orleans and has published a translation, Cup-of-Tea Poems: Selected Haiku of Kobayashi Issa; a critical book, Pure Land Haiku: The Art of Priest Issa; and two “haiku novels”: Haiku Guy and Laughing Buddha. He is a former director of the World Haiku Association and co-founder of the New Orleans Haiku Society.
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