[Tradjazz] New Haiku

[Bruce McNichols]

A band-mate of mine, Crazy Henry (that's what I said) sent me this one:  

McN

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Jewish Haiku:

Lacking fins or tail

the gefilte fish swims with

great difficulty.


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Beyond Valium,

peace is knowing one's child

is an internist.


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On Passover we

opened door for Elijah.

Now our cat is gone.


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After the warm rain

the sweet smell of camellias.

Did you wipe your feet?


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Her lips near my ear,

Aunt Sadie whispers the name

of her friend's disease.


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Today I am a man.

Tomorrow I will return

to the seventh grade.


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The sparkling blue sea

reminds me to wait an hour

after my sandwich.


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Like a bonsai tree,

is your terrible posture

at my dinner table.


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Jews on safari --

map , compass, elephant gun,

hard sucking candies.


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The same kimono

the top geishas are wearing:

I got it at Loehmann's.


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Mom, please! There is no

need to put that dinner roll

in your pocketbook.


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Seven-foot Jews in

the NBA slam-dunking!

My alarm clock rings.


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Sorry I'm not home

to take your call. At the tone

please state your bad news.


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Is one Nobel Prize

so much to ask from a child

after all I've done?



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Yenta. Shmeer. Gevalt.

Shlemiel. Shlimazl. Meshuganah

Oy! To be fluent!


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Quietly murmured

at Saturday Synagogue services,

Yanks 5, Red Sox 3.


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Hard to tell under the lights.

White Yarmulke or

male-pattern baldness. 

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