Does your newspaper have a police blotter? It's a column of short stories about minor crimes and disturbances. In the blotter you find tales of normal people with normal lives who have, for some reason, gone off the rails. Aflame with anger, he set fire to the carport of her new lover. The police blotter is funny, ugly, absurd, sad: in short, very human. And it lends itself to haiku: a brief, structured verse form that cuts through routine facts to the heart of the matter. A woman's young son comes home smelling of marijuana? The haiku reads: The end of childhood. She smelled it as pot smoke on her twelve-year-old son. What's the appeal? It's the knowledge that any of us could end up in the blotter. We're all human. If the right temptation catches us in the wrong state of mind, who knows what might happen? Open this book, and see. Within you'll find over 250 tales of the human condition taken from newspapers across America - and over 100 illustrations. Who knows? Maybe you're in there already.

A Haiku/Pun for Everyone continues in the tradition of the recent More Haikus for Punsters and Haikus for Punsters-each haiku embodying a pun word or pun expression. As in the previous two books, these haikus focus on a whole gamut of human experiences. Smile, giggle, groan, or laugh out loud, but I caution the reader: Revise this haiku And you'll be arrested for Disturbing the piece.

HAIKU/PUNishment continues in the tradition of my recent Haikus for Punsters, More Haikus for Punsters and A Haiku/Pun for Everyone. A pun word or pun expression is embedded in each haiku, that 3-lined Japanese unrhymed verse that has survived since antiquity. These haikus/puns reflect a whole gamut of life experiences and sentiments, touching upon love, occupations, crime, sex, law, politics, nature and God knows what ad nauseam. So go ahead, smile, giggle, groan, wince or laugh out loud, and here is my favorite sample from my next book! Old school principals Do not die, kids say, they just Lose their faculties.

Both born of ancient masters, the unique blending of Haiku and Kung Fu in Haiku Wisdom, gives us a seamless guide to exploring our human existence. With careful attention to the minute detail and beauty of nature, Don Baird brings us on a magical journey of perception, introducing us to the miracles of our souls, hearts, minds and world. By using the allure of haiku mixed with the elegance of martial arts philosophies, he allows us to open our eyes to our own journeys, where we may begin to revel in the grandeur that is our life.

Haiku Chance is the third collection of contemporary American haiku authored by Susan August. Like its predecessors Haiku Applecart and Haiku Building, Haiku Chance contains 360 haiku, and addresses various themes: in season, here and there, at the table, creature features, at play, two legged beasts, at work, and whatnots.

This book is a transliteration of a audio presentations which were prepared for radio and were heard by millions of listeners througout the country.