Previously Posted Poetic Picks

Brian Ramsey, KK4JPW, Posted December 20, 2024
Slouching DXer
Tiny print on screen aglow
Need bifocals now

Raman Sinha, KV0N, Posted December 13, 2024
My ham radio
Brings joy over holidays.
73, Hams!

Patrick McEvoy, KC2RBE, Posted December 6, 2024
Get on frequency
A mysterious contact
Where will it all lead?

Patrick McEvoy, KC2RBE, posted November 29, 2024
Elmer, my old friend
Ever there to lend knowledge
I am in your debt

Erik Lyngen, KO6CHK, posted November 22, 2024
It’s my first hamfest
Wait… is this Pacificon
Or A.A.R.P.?

John Scrip, N9IJS, posted November 15, 2024
More two twenty news
One point two five meters, yo…
Where the cool folks hang.

James Martin, K0JNM, posted November 8, 2024
Antennas reach high.
Whispers carried by the stars.
Far voices feel close.

Peg Cage, KF0LQZ, posted November 1, 2024
Fun with phonetics
R and J did T in I
H, then R was P

Henry Rosche, N5AWB, posted October 25, 2024
On my screened back porch
with my ham radio gear,
I talk to the World!

Ray Chiste, KB2ZOB, posted October 18, 2024
Muddy nighttime search
Head-lamped men with radios
Finally rescued.

Teri Henderson, KT4UO, posted October 11, 2024
Haiku Day is here
Write a Ham Radio one
It’s five-seven-five

Anonymous Amateur posted October 4, 2024
Helene barrels through.
Families need support now.
Hams help them connect.

Dana Jones, K6BRR, posted September 20, 2024
Awesome swap meet find
Vacuum tube monster strains back
Wispy smoke emits

Alan Singer, N2KW, posted September 13, 2024
Radio Haiku?
A big pile on the DX
One call! (Satisfied)

Richard Rockman, WB3EGD, posted September 6, 2024
Signals escape Earth
Aliens still love Lucy
Do they know the code?

Steven Lamb, W8SBL, posted August 30, 2024
Bands are sounding hot
Check the cluster for a spot
Can't they hear?  Why not?

Alice Glynn, KD9COL, posted August 23, 2024
Words across the air
Old and young find all the fun
Ham Radio Rules

Noah Burton, W1NGO, posted August 9, 2024
Smokey summer night:
The rosin core solder melts
Under the shack light.

Christopher LaRue, NO7E, posted August 2, 2024
Ham Radio gives
Voices out of reach to me
Worldly connections.

Kermit Jones, KZ4CD, posted July 26, 2024
Waves of voices soar,
Youth tune in, connect, explore,
Future Hams, restore.

Ralph Katz, AA8RK, posted July 19, 2024
When Sending Morse Code,
Fat-fingered errata are
Always digital.

Tony Minton, KM6MZP, posted July 12, 2024
Thanks, Step-grandfather
For giving me the Ham bug.
Rest in peace Jim. Bye.

Mitch Hamm, N8XS, posted July 5, 2024
Friends in the ether.
From spark to space they transmit.
We welcome their calls.

Ann Bruun, K5AEB, posted June 28, 2024
Radio Dusty
Job keeps me off the air.
Time to light it up!

Bruce Walker, K7BWX, posted June 21, 2024
Grab a transceiver
Catch a wave and surf the world
Let’s make life-long friends

Howard Kaufman, WJ3F, posted June 14, 2024
Stripping the coax
Soldering the connector
Ready to ragchew

Thomas Salzer, KJ7T, posted June 7, 2024
RF, analog,
Digital and Data Modes.
See you down the log.

Alice Glynn, KD9COL, posted May 31, 2024
Radio is on.
Discussion time on the air.
I love CQ Net.

Simon Padgett, KD9LTE, posted May 24, 2024
How should Hams do it?
Do it with more frequency!
Go ahead and laugh.

Dale Robinson, KB5YSJ, posted May 17, 2024
Radio Signals
Propagate through the Ether
Communication

Bill Schaffer, WS3O, posted May 10, 2024
Logbook of the World
Fast, efficient, and boring
Give me paper, please.

Sandip Nambiar, EI7IJB, posted May 3, 2024
New accessory.
Looked up the monthly budget.
Add to the wishlist.

John Scrip, N9IJS, posted April 26, 2024
LED’s and stuff…
Resistance, Capacitance…
I just want to talk.

Gary Pearce, K4AAQ, posted April 19, 2024
Ham Radio Time
Call CQ and work the World.
Now’s the time to start.

Lawson, W2UO, posted April 12, 2024
Tune up rig, drop key.
Storm shook dipole down from tree.
Magic smoke set free.

Sandip Nambiar, EI7IJB, posted April 5, 2024:
Not just a hobby
My radio adventure
Life chaos relief.

Gerald Grimes, K8GNG, posted March 29, 2024:
Dancing tones sing songs,
Antennas reach for the sky,
Lyrical digits.

William “BJ” Seunath-Williams, N3OJ, posted March 22, 2024:
Key the mic and call.
Contact the world and beyond.
Make friends near and far.

Alice Glynn, KD9COL, posted March 15, 2024:
Ham radio test
antennas, code, rules, circuits
Success! I passed it!

Randall Winchester, WD4HVA, posted March 8 2024:
Open path cries send
Anticipation burns hot
Long dream contact made.

Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, posted March 01, 2024:
Loaded up the coop
My hens now cluck in Morse Code
Laying hard boiled eggs

Nicholas Beloberk, AK6FG posted February 23, 2024
Puffing a cigar
Oh, I know not what to do
Radio smokes too!

Dan J Drummond, KK6VIQ posted February 16, 2024
Check in on a net.
Test your emergency rig.
The big one’s coming!

Alice Glynn, KD9COL posted February 09, 2024
Out in the fresh air
It’s time for Parks on the Air
Friends found everywhere

Dean Rose, KD9YQH posted February 02, 2024
Repeater Breakfast
GMRS versus HAM
Tune Band of Brothers

Philip Halley, KE4OBT posted January 26, 2024
I will grab my mic
Call out CQ Just for you
Hoping I get through.

Sandip Nambiar, EI7IJB posted January 19, 2024
Radio ready
”Are you busy?” calls the spouse
No time for hobby.

Tom Kenny, NJ2DX posted January 12, 2024
SAT DXCC
Green cube soaring high in sky
Grazie Italy

Jan Ditzian, KX2A posted January 5, 2024
Contest QSO
You are five by nine today
Please repeat your call

Alice Glynn, KD9COL posted December 29, 2023
Out in the fresh air
It’s time for Parks on the Air
Friends found everywhere

Roger Harrison, VK2ZRH posted December 22, 2023
Oh, CQ Contest.
Rings throughout the HF bands.
Five eight here OM.

David Rogers, KB9YYM posted December 15, 2023
Did I work O M?
Did not talk and no dit dah.
No, he was not worked.

Greg Smith, N6NYX posted December 8, 2023 (Haiku of the year 2023)
The past is prologue
When the radio captures
The love of youngsters

John Maizels, VK2JPM posted December 1, 2023
Must be rag-chew time!
Nice to hear you five by nine
Send a QSL

Brett Glass, WY7BG posted November 24, 2023
Christmas season’s here.
All the lights are lovely, but…
They make QRM!

Kevin Trotman, N5PRE posted November 17, 2023
Arrgh! Exquisite pain!
Is someone cooking chicken?
Soldering iron: FAIL

Bernard Wagenseller, KC3VRQ posted November 10, 2023
Working fifty years.
Could not find time for hamming.
Old now but I’m here.

Jeff Dahn, KB3ZUK posted November 3, 2023
Rare one. I hear you.
Do you hear me calling you?
Success! QSL!

Myron Getman, KB2DSR posted October 27, 2023
A quiet noise floor
Coronal Mass Ejection!
Time to do my chores

Lori Shula, KM4RAZ posted October 20, 2023
My First Net Control
Numbers and Letters Swarming
Hams Understand Stress

Newt White, N4EWT posted October 13, 2023
It’s Constant, Doom - Gloom
To turn off, turn on my rig
Enjoy, Bliss of Hiss

Ralph Loizzo, KD9YXY posted October 6, 2023
Seventy three all!
I just passed my technicians!
Need more equipment…

Pete Leng, ZL4TE posted September 29, 2023
The glow of a valve
A key sending dits and dahs
The log book awaits

Mike Askins, KE5CXP posted September 22, 2023
Electricity
Crackles and flashes and sparks!
Smell the HAM burning.

Sandip Nambiar, EI7IJB posted September 15, 2023
A new radio?
Sitting cozy in a box?
Now that is not right!

An Anonymous Contributor posted September 8, 2023
Arrgh! Exquisite pain!
Is someone cooking chicken?
Soldering iron: FAIL

Sandra Mack, KN6VRM posted September 01, 2023
A Ham life well trod
Then what's next? Beyond DX
SKs talk with God.

Drew Neve, AB9NE posted August 25, 2023
My signal moves now
The sound goes over the air
Met a new friend

Matthew Potteiger, KE8YKY posted August 18, 2023
Ham radio bro
The ionosphere is low
Poor DX ya know

Pres Waterman, W2PW posted August 11, 2023
With great power comes
great responsibility.
Do not cross the streams.

Newt White, N4EWT posted August 4, 2023
Morse Code is my mode
Dah di dah dit Dit dah dah
It’s all in my ears

Mark Hartman, N7MWH posted July 28, 2023
Voiced though this device,
Words disguised as waves take flight.
Seven three, good night.

Kimberly Chase, KJ7OMO Posted July 21, 2023
Waves whisper, Morse code,
Signals dance through the ether,
Amateur's delight.

Richard Rockman, WB3EGD Posted July 14, 2023
Surfing plasma curls
Lick our sky like tongues of flame
Wild DX tonight!

Kimberly Chase, KJ7OMO Posted July 7, 2023
Waves whisper, Morse Code,
Signals dance through the ether,
Amateur's delight.

Robert Theiss, W5ITR Posted June 30, 2023
AOS Pure Joy
Call Sign, Grid Sign, Fly Bird Fly
LOS Ham Sigh

Jerry Zell, AG7IK Posted June 23, 2023
Touch lamp flickering
Stove fridge washer dryer too
Worked all Home-Ec tech

Darryl Domenick, W8DGD Posted June 16, 2023
Radiate My Life
Push Talk Release to Listen
Hear The World Again

Bill Levey, WA4FAT Posted June 9, 2023
Fingers tap, transmit,
Morse code paints a vibrant dance,
CW poem

Anne Dirkman, KC9YL - Posted June 2, 2023
DXpedition
I can hear you five nine plus
Why can’t you hear me?

Daryl Stout, WX4QZ - Posted May 26, 2023
Newsline Each Friday
Amateur Radio News
Listen to it now

Damon Bass, N2VOX - Posted May 19, 2023
Tune in Tokyo
Needs more power, flip that switch!
Do you smell burnt toast?