MrSmith1's picture

    A Joyful Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

     

     

     

    Here's this week's heap of haikus:

     

    ---

    I take a moment
    to mourn the passage of time.
    (the weekend's over.)
     

    ---
     
    Running from something
    o'er which I have no control
    keeps me on my toes.


    ---


    An impossible dance ...
    prance about on tippy-toes ...
    Ballet just a ruse?
     
    ---

     


    Using auto-tune
    mixed with a hip-hop cadence?
    Kinda creeps me out.


    ---

    Today may be rough,
    tomorrow may be silken ...
    Life is tactile fun.


    ----


    Shattering silence,
    The car horns’ cacophony,
    disturbs my slumber.


    ---
     

    Things you don’t forget;
    My dad once built a wagon,
    for me to ride in.


    ---

     


    In a fitful sleep,
    memories long forgotten,
    rise to consciousness.


    ---

     


    Flying through the air,
    should be avoided by both,
    dentures and toupees.

     


    ---



    Down a country road,
    he let his horse lead him home
    and his mind wander.

     

     


    ---
     
     
     'As free as a bird ...'
    doesn't assume all birds fly ...
    Those that can't?  Priceless.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    The look in her eyes
    was enough to melt his heart ...
    and his tupperware.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Trudging slowly on,
    I get to the pharmacy
    just as it's closing.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    If you pose questions
    but don't really want answers ...
    your goal's not knowledge.
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    On a moonlit night,
    in a cottage near the dell,
    at last, he knew love!
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Wide awake last night?
    You ran away in my dreams.
    Come hug me, let's sleep.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    A world of traitors
    can be found if you look for it,
    so too, worlds of love.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    No sadness today
    over inclement weather ...
    Fridays trump rainstorms.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Will our lives collapse
    into some financial mess?
    Sure ... Ya happy now?
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Clearly embarrassed,
    The teen excuses herself
    and runs from the room.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Strolling through the park,
    I can feel my focus shift.
    Nature affects me.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Take a chance, today.
    Put your fears aside and LEAP
    into the unknown.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    When you have a lot
    that’s on your mind, let your day
    begin quietly.
     
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Walking through meadows
    just before sunrise, is worth
    some wet trouser cuffs.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    I met a rabbit
    this morn, in a dew-y glen,
    I nodded, he hopped.
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    Anguished and in pain,
    she never thought that her life
    would end up like this.
     
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Pies on windowsills
    send aromas wafting through
    the nearby schoolyard.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Ten, Jack, Queen, King … Four.
     It’s time for me to go home.
    (Poker can be cruel.)
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Carol's begonias
    offer a coral contrast
    to mom's yellow mums.
     
     
    ---
     
     

    She has a great smile,
    which can send him to the moon.
    So ... he makes her laugh.
     

    ---


    Walking in Spring rain,
    past flowers being nourished
    and snow drifts destroyed.


    ---


    A nuanced answer's
    often misunderstood ... or
    picked apart by 'friends.'
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    Of a sanguine mind,
    he always disagreed with
    the cynical blokes ...
     
     
    ---

     
    Have you ever seen
    a sunrise that does not hold
    a promise of re-birth?
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    tanka haiku:  

    Why do you suppose
    we have physical limits?
    To teach us patience.

    (Also, to give us something
    that we can complain about.)
     
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    His once dear treasured
    knick-knacks in the garbage bin,
    shows her influence.
     
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Vacant apartment
    Dust has settled everywhere.
    Her spirit lingers.


    ---
     
     
    Try imagining
    that strangers you encounter,
    are friends from past lives.
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    She no longer cares
    if she impresses others,
    she just likes to sing.
     
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    A slice of apple,
    a wedge of sharp cheddar cheese,
    and you by my side.
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    When the beagle barked,
    squirrels would stop and look his way
    and ... see he was tied up.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    While I sit and read;
    a pitcher of lemonade
    quickly disappears.
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
    Coffee on the porch,
    watching kids on bicycles
    chased by barking dogs.
     
     
    ---

     
     
     
    As the clouds disperse,
    stars twinkle in the sky and
    my heart leads me home.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    The calla lilies
    sported purple freckles, which
    made me think of you.
     
     
    ---
     
     
     
     I sometimes wonder
    what my dad would think of all this ...
    Forty years, things change.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    The epitome
    of a most humble man; his
    silence is profound.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    Near shallow shoals,
    sallow souls (in hollow holes),
    scream at scheming scum.
     
     
    ---
     
     
    You've fought long enough,
    my friend, put your sword down now
    and rest, simply rest.
     
     
    ---

     

     

    Saturday, May 3, 2014 is World AS Day.  There are approx. 2.7 million Americans with some form of Spondylitis and somewhere near 30 million people world-wide.  AS strikes young men and women in the prime of their lives.  It can be painful and debilitating and cause the neck and spine to fuse.  It can also affect other parts of the body, including the heart, the lungs and the eyes.  It is a systemic inflammatory disease.  There is no cure.   To learn more:  www.Spondylitis.org

     

    ===

     

    On May 30th, 2014, at the world famous Comic Strip Live in New York City, I am once again co-producing the Annual Best Medicine Night of Comedy to benefit the Spondylitis Association of America. 

     

    One of the great stand-up comedians that will be appearing at the fundraiser will be Regina DeCicco, (shown here at our 2012 event),  Regina was recently named the Funniest female comedian in New York City.  

     

    Comments

     

    Here's a couple that I forgot to include in this week's heap of haikus:

     



    In a quiet place
    which no-one else could enter,
    he wrestled with doubt.


    ---


    Loose litter swirling
    through the canyons of midtown;
    Urban tumbleweeds.

     

     


    Down a country road,
    he let his horse lead him home
    and his mind wander.

     

     

    This is just down the road from where I live. And I don't. Park my horse there, I mean. Actually, I don't have a horse to park.


    Wonderful.  LOL
     

    The sign was quite clear:

    "Don't Park Horses Here"  So I

    tethered my Buick.

     

     

     

    ---

     


    The shape of her feet

    seen from every angle.

    I am not done yet.

     

    Reluctant winter

    hides behind spring's festival.

    Bird song shadow box.


    Excellent, moat!

     

     

    Reluctant Winter

    took its time to arrive, but

    now delays Spring blooms.

     

    ---

     

    The shape of her feet

    were somewhat unusual;

    pointing East and West.

     

    ---

     

     

     


    Latest Comments