The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Look! Up in the Sky! It's another Friday afternoon at the Haiku-lodeon ...

    By MrSmith1 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 1:21pm |

     

    Here's this week's heap of haikus: 

     

     

     
    "Thou and I are too
    wise to woo peaceably." (And
    so, they sparred with words.)

    (Happy 448th Birthday this past week, William Shakespeare.)
     
    Photo: A very young MrSmith1 playing Benedict in Much Ado 40 years ago. 
    Note: Laugh if you will, but that haircut was very popular at the time.)
     
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    He had tried so hard
    to always do what was right,
    there was nothing left.
     
     
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    At the Dew Drop Inn,
    the dude dropped out; he logged in,
    but then he passed out.
     
     
     
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    Under the table
    is no place to be when your
    boss takes you to lunch.
     
     
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    haiku re-dux: Deep in the forest,
    patches of stippled sunlight,
    warm a leaf-strewn trail.
     
     
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    When he needed help,
    he knew who to call, and who
    didn't want to know.
     
     
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    Actor heard praying
    while crossing Shubert Alley;
    "God, the first act sucks."
     
     
     
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    tanka haiku: There is a sad fear
    that's buried deep in our hearts;
    that no love will last.

    So we pray that Time's not cruel
    and our memories won't fade.
     
     
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    Flowery bouquets,
    made the room seem less dreary.
    and offset her tears.
     
     
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    haiku: Hiding in the field,
    he overheard ev'rything,
    then figured things out.
     
     
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    haiku: There are no rainbows
    in a world of absolutes,
    only black or white.
     
     
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    haiku: Best be kind to him.
    While he poses no threat, he
    makes a good ally.
     
     
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    We're not bound to earth
    when our lives are stuck in mud
    for our hopes still soar.
     
     
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    There's a twilight time
    between dusk and eve'ning that
    nurtures reflection.
     
     
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    haiku re-dux: At the sky's edges,
    mountaintops still pierce the clouds,
    to peek at heaven.
     
     
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    To impress his 'girl',
    the young man sent the small stone
    skimming 'cross the lake.
     
     
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    tanka haiku: You can't hold back Love,
    it will gush forth from your heart
    and spurt through your eyes
       like ... adoring laser beams.
       (So, be careful where you aim.)
     
    (Note: I know this is a really bad haiku, but its ludicrous images made me laugh.  Unfortunately some of my friends on Facebook didn't get the joke and thought I had lost my mind or at the very least, my ability to write haikus. What can I say? Sometimes stupid things make me laugh.)
     
     
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    A Video I made for "April is Spondylitis Awareness Month."
    (To the song, 'Shine a Light' by the Band.) 
     

     

    Comments

    I will not laugh at your haircut.

    I will, however, chuckle at the tights.

    cheeky


    by wabby on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:53pm

    Just change the 'will not' to 'won't' and you've answered in haiku form. Brilliant! LOL

    I won't laugh at your
    haircut, I will, however,
    chuckle at the tights.  

     

     


    by MrSmith1 on Sat, 04/28/2012 - 12:29am

     

    Here's one for Genghis:  

     
    Political Blogs
    lean Left or Right from Center ...
    but Center leans Right.

     

     

     


    by MrSmith1 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 4:56pm

    The blogger will write

    Words to jangle, joggle, jab

    But the screen is dim


    by Michael Wolraich on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:48pm

    Good one!

     

    The point of the heart

    spurs words that jingle, joggle ...

    Dim Screen meet Dim Sum.
     


    by MrSmith1 on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 1:52am

    I know you are going to hit us tomorrow with your poetry.

    I just thought it was so nice of Dagblog to acknowledge such.

    I dunno, it made me feel goooooooooooooood!


    by Richard Day on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 9:49pm