The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    A Pi-Eyed Friday Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

     

     

    Here's this week's heap of haikus:

     

    Once a year, Pi day
    comes around. It should be squared.
    But never mind that.

    ( 3-14 is Pi day. )



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    The bare trees seem poised,
    waiting for Spring to arrive.
    Spring is running late.

     


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    Puddles ripple at
    the edge of a lonely street.
    Intermittent rain.

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    What colors my sky
    are emotional shades of
    a diverse palette.

     

     

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    A new moon will shine
    on an old village square, and
    make it young again.


    (I originally wrote piazza rather than village square, but too many people mis-read it as pizza.)

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    A moonlit whisper,
    two lovers in silhouette;
    gentle affection.


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    A tiny sparrow
    is chased by a feisty pup
    pulling a young girl.


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    Happiness is not
    a station you arrive at,
    it's the train you're on.


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    A tangle of trees
    may clutter the morning sky
    but happily so.


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    Double haiku:

    The first workday of
    Daylight Savings resumes my
    breath-taking rides home.

    Dusk on the Hudson,
    clouds glow o'er the Palisades,
    lights blink on the bridge.


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    If you only stand
    facing West, than nothing will
    ever dawn on you.



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    on-the-other-hand-ku:

    Young men that follow
    Horace Greely's advice, will
    some day reach Japan.



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    Over a basin
    a woman washes off an
    amorous pursuit.

     

    ( Mary Cassatt -

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    Apres tour jetes,
    a small ballerina stops
    to smell the roses.

     

    Thanks to Kristina Rebelo for the use of her photograph

     

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    Sitting in the shade
    in the afternoon, ladies
    leisurely texting.

     

    (  Monet - The Park )

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    The green glow of night,
    a downtown drenched in fog, an
    escape by subway

     

    ( NYC City Hall - 1907 )

     

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    ^The 3rd Annual Best Medicine Night of Comedy to Benefit the Spondylitis Association of America will be held on May 30th, 2014 at the world famous Comic Strip Live in New York City.  I will once again be co-producing the event.  More info to follow.