The Buddhas (Haiku)

California,

A Buddha laughs with the fish.

Virginia too.

Found alone, smiling

In a dark Chinatown shop

They now have purpose.

Uniting two coasts

Common ground for grandchildren

Sharing for sisters.

Why Am I Doing This? (Haiku)

Inadequacy.
Buy the popular logo
Assuage your feelings

The Cadillac SUV
Parked in the no parking zone
Compensates for it

The shirt is the same
As that in J C Penny's
Except the logo

The golf ball is sworn 
To be more superior
But just for the pros

It takes a good eye
To see through the marketing
And spot quality

Impossible if
Inside is the nagging voice
Your not good enough

Waiting For It (Haiku)

What while awaiting
An important appointment
Whittle while you wait

Otherwise engaged
The time passes too quickly
Momentum is built

Not engaged at all
The time passes too slowly
Inertia is built

Prepared and ready
One does mental gymnastics
Moving on smartly

Stepping to the plate
Hit or miss he swings the bat
Connects one in three

Percentage improves
Spending more time at practice
Building confidence

Confidence is king
At the plate or on stage
Built by doing it

Californians (Haiku)

Californians
Take themselves entirely
Too seriously.

That Stuffed Shirt We All Know So Well (Haiku)

Overly impressed
With himself is how he died
Never having lived

His resume' packed
With honors and citations
He read with relish

The admonition
To ignore publicity
Somehow forgotten

Like Aesop's fable
The vain toad blew himself up
His ego's victim.

Michael's New SUV (Haiku on a changing lifestyle)

How deep will he sink
In the morass of middle class
Only time will tell

The green subaru
Given over to and sold
The scooter remains 

A vestige of self
As responsibility
Replaces the good life

Unsung Heros (Haiku on our sexuality)

Guys dress to play down
The sexuality that
Gals dress to play up

Attracting the man
Women can always say no
Men always say yes

Conditioned from youth
Each to their own apparel
Comfortable in clothes

The humble coutures
Play a significant role
In procreation.