T-shirts also available
I am not a musician, however an interesting band named MARLIN has an album called "Happy Face Math", the cover uses the happy face math symbols in an imaginative way. Music sounds nice and is fun, check it out at websites:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/marlinsaudio4 and
http://www.myspace.com/marlincalrizio
Asahi Shimbun Sept 28, 2001
Dirty street corner/ and a vacant lot, homeless/ wildflower shelter
Mainichi Daily News
Oct. 6, 2001
Pink flowers dance in/ Mediterranean breeze/ ancient Latin beat
Asahi Shimbun Jan. 18, 2002
We all dream /Martin Luther King's/ dream awakes
Asahi Shimbun April 12, 2002
Easter moon/ flowers, trees and hope/ bloom again
Ama no gawa/shibaraku soba
de/ yume no tsuri
in Poems from the 6th annual MAINICHI HAIKU CONTEST,
page 202, Kezu de tadoru sakabiki haijin maikan, Mainichi Shimbun
Asahi
Shimbum
Aug. 7, 2002 ,
(Tanabata legend) 7-7 wish/lovers together/24-7
Asahi Shimbun June 2, 2003,
Dylan rolls/ poetry in music/ grindstone moon
Mainichi Daily News July 7, 2003,
last exam graded/papers rest on office floor/professor also
Asahi Shimbum Sept. 22,2003,
candles float/lighting A-bomb dome/still darkness
Asahi Shimbun Nov 25,2003 ,
stiff limbs bend/under fall rainbow/morning walk
first prize winner of Satsumasakura Haiku Soc. contest Nov 12,2003
Asahi Shinbum Dec. 8,2003
(joint with Yue Li Lim) candles glow/thru' lanterns in yard/misty rain
Mainichi Daily News March 01,2004,
huge fluffy snowflakes/ my valentine's confetti/manna from heaven
Asahi Shimbun March 15, 2004,
E-greeting/ unread for two weeks/ rose thorns
Asahi Shimbun March 29, 2004
Green onions/ adorn rock garden/
St. Patrick's
Asahi Shimbun May 8, 2004
After rain/ pink dogwood petals/ rain again
Asahi Shimbun June 28, 2004
pastel clouds/ red watermelon/ ends picnic
Asahi Shimbun August 09, 2004
my empty garden/lightning bugs returning home/river full of stars
also a 5-7-5 haiku in japanese
kara no niwa/ hotaru ga kaeru/ ama no gawa/
Asahi Shimbun August 30, 2004
lake trolling/ many worms some fish/ one haiku
Asahi
Shimbun
Nov 15, 2004
daydreaming/ floating long black hair/ eclipses moon
Asahi Shimbun Jan 29-30, 2005
Kobe quake/ hits hard and swiftly/ Ichiro
Asahi Shimbun May 1, 2005
royal blue/ crocus returning/ sparrows bow
Asahi Shimbun August 06, 2005
peace dove flies/ sixty year journey/ no nest sites
Asahi
Shimbun
Sept 03,2005
glowing sky/ rice field reflections/ stars and stripes
Asahi
Shimbun
Oct 1-2, 2005
gentle breeze/ first autumn colors / float in tea
Asahi
Shimbun
Oct 29-30, 2005
Hounds from Hell / howling in distress / fire hydrant ?
Asahi
Shimbun
Dec 3-4, 2005
red oval / vending machine change / hot coffee
Asahi
Shimbun
Dec 17-18, 2005
Winter dusk / teacher of the heart / hand still warm
Asahi
Shimbun
Feb 14-15, 2006
Long-stemmed rose / pricks finger / and healing heart
Asahi
Shimbun
Apr 8-9, 2006
new blanket/ of purple clover / kitten naps
Chapel Hill News Apr 26, 2006
expensive / young tender seedlings / fat rabbits
Asahi Shimbun Jun 3-4, 2006
Blooming oaks /
fine golden powder /
falls from beard
Asahi Shimbun Sep 2-3, 2006
Shuttle launch /
summer storm clouds /
in the east /
Asahi Shimbun Sep 2-3, 2006
who done it/
or he thought he was /
seashore books
literary magazine Valley
Voices, Fall, 2006
hot bitter coffee /
frosty hospital window /
waiting for sunrise
Asahi Shimbun Oct 21-22, 2006
Harvest moon/
cloudy and rainy/
like last year/
Asahi Shimbun Mar 17-18, 2007
Dusting doll/
daughter's last visit/
last girl's day
Asahi Shimbun May 19-20, 2007
Dandelions/
and young laughter float/
gentle breeze
in Book "Beneath
the Willow Tree" by Rosenberry Books,
Aug, 2007 (anthology of haiku by members of the North Carolina Haiku
Society)
spinning tops/ dad's favorite one/ rests on grave
slow steady rhythm/ japanese rainy season/ echoes in my heart
Moonset, haiku newspaper, Nov 2007
kasane zuki / yaenadeshiko no / utsukushisa
caligraphy version done by Taishin Nomura Asahi
Shimbun Feb 16-17, 2008
crackling fire/
damp farewell letter/
chill lingers
Asahi
Shimbun March 15-16, 2008
black and white/
Apache portrait/
red oak frame
Asahi
Shimbun April 18, 2008
caterpillar/
gets dressed up/ summer clothes exchange
japanese version
imomushi/kimono o kiseru/koromo gae
won second place in
NCSU insect museum 2008 hexapod haiku contest
Asahi
Shimbun June 6, 2008
Exam week / soft hooting of owls
/ dusk or dawn?
Asahi
Shimbun July 18, 2008
G-8 flags/ waving in warm breeze /lavender
Asahi
Shimbun August 15, 2008
Horseshoe Falls / international / rainbow bridge
Asahi
Shimbun August 29, 2008
Olympic flame /
first Afghan medal /
kindles hope
Asahi
Shimbun October 3, 2008
green acorns /
scampering squirrels/
wind chime waltz
Mainichi
Daily News
'Daily Haiku Selection' October 15, 2008
gentle warm rain / stone lantern moss / hides firefly's glow
Asahi
Shimbun October 17, 2008
hospice pond /
butterfly on wheelchair /
heart flutters
Asahi
Shimbun April 30, 2009
new haircut /
Spiderman rainboots /
first school day
Asahi
Shimbun May 15, 2009
pier to pier/
new morning commute /
gentle ocean breeze
Mainichi
Daily News
'Daily Haiku Selection' July 17, 2009
river of stars / long green bamboo pole / fishing for dreams
Asahi
Shimbun Sept. 18, 2009
Side by side/ Jupiter
and moon / wine
glass frame
Mainichi
Daily News
'Daily Haiku Selection' Nov 20, 2009
humid night / rabbit on the moon / strolls with us
Mainichi
Daily News
'Daily Haiku Selection' Jan 27, 2010
crowded noisy bus / slow silent Mississippi / in my daydream
Halloween
Howlings:
jokes so bad they could kill you
hear a howl