MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
Here's this week's heap of haikus:
The present now past.
Tomorrow now yesterday.
Back to the future.
(In honor of yesterday being "Back to the Future Day" (October 21, 2015), here's Chet Atkins:)
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Jidai Matsuri
The festival of the ages
honors Kyoto.
( October 21 is the festival of Jidai Matsuri, which commemorates the founding of Kyoto. )
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I once had a girl
and I did think it good 'cuz
this Norwegian would.
( Fifty years ago this week, the Beatles recorded Norwegian Wood. )
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I'm getting dizzy
from seeing the art in a
descending circle.
(Happy 56th anniversary to the Guggenheim museum in NYC!)
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"Okay, let's begin.
Insertez-vous tab A?! Damn!
The plans are in FRENCH!"
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We stacked the firewood
then trudged through the mud to the
hen-house to get eggs.
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double haiku:
Though Justice is blind,
the all-seeing eye takes note
of our transgressions.
Give glory to God
in all you do or speak, keep
His word within reach.
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Blind Justice-ku:
Blind also means a
place from which you can shoot ducks.
Mallard lives matter.
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Stuck inside mobile?
call Alexander Calder
and he'll get you out.
( Thanks DD, for posting this song last week. )
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triple haiku:
My life has meaning.
I'm here to make you laugh
It gives me purpose.
No sarcasm meant.
I fail in so many ways
by many measures.
But one thing I know
It gives me joy to share laughs
That's what Life's about.
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Walking down the street
I'm inspired by reflections
of America.
( Photo taken with my cell phone the other day on West 107th St. in NYC. )
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Observation-ku:
Lately, more strangers
that I meet on the street are
calling me, "Poppy."
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An empty vase sits
on a cluttered office desk
waiting for flowers.
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Sadly, it seems while
she was pinching pennies, he
was pinching barmaids.
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Courtesan and muse,
she stayed unemotional ...
(though often tickled.)
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Double haiku:
In a sleepy town,
off the beaten path, lived a
man who knew nothing.
He was fed by cows,
carried by horses and was
admired by dogs.
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You don't always know,
When you have stepped from a field,
Into a meadow.
---
If you choose to use
a magnifying glass, know
that you will find flaws.
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When you have a lot
that's on your mind, let your day
begin quietly.
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None shall ever know
private failures we endure ...
unless we succeed.
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Her vichyssoise was
so cold, the potatoes wore
napkins to keep warm.
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Red leaves on roses,
and whiskey on kittens?!! THOSE
are your fav'rite things?
---
It's time for another installment of "You Do the Haiku!"
Submit your haiku for this painting in the Comments section ...
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rain-soaked city streets,
the glare of flashing neon
blinds the private eye.
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double haiku:
We struggle, at times,
remembering our loved ones,
but vow, they won't fade.
So, the old stories, though
familiar, are re-told, to
refresh our spirits.
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Baseball excitement
has taken over our town.
Strangers shout: "Go Mets!"
---
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She hurried to work,
dodging buses and trollies ...
A "new woman's" stride.
( Fifth Avenue NYC circa 1910 )
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Sitting in my yard,
watching the moon peeking out,
from behind storm clouds.
---
There are times when the
most expedient thing is
to just carry on.
(1973: Former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau carrying current Prime Minister Trudeau to an important meeting.)
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Irony-ku:
We anxiously wait
to become our own persons,
then try to fit in.
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Dark side of the moon;
where they keep the cheese ... and the
light sensitive cows.
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Though fragile hearts need
whispered blessings, they also
need a steady hand.
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tanka haiku:
Sad days are ahead.
They can not be avoided.
We must live through them.
We'll get to the other side,
through faith, hope and endurance.
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She gets lost in books,
often losing track of time ...
and what year it is.
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tanka haiku:
A man with a limp
quietly whistles on his
way to the bus stop.
His halting steps belie the
music he hears in his head.
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Indulge your passion.
It's often what drives you to
exceed your limits.
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Sometimes an echo
from a life you left behind,
catches up to you.
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Success always stands
on the shoulders of failure.
Please don't wear spiked heels.
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Tanka haiku ala Bob Hope:
I wanna tell ya,
that Pain is really something ..
How about that pain?
Pain got so bad, Les Brown had
to admit he was More Blue.
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double clown-kus:
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If you see the world
as humorless, you'll never
understand the joke.
****
Comments
Smith, High Honors for "sleepy town". Just great.
The challenge.
I want to lie down,
just like a cat, no good thoughts,
no plans, no regrets.
by Oxy Mora on Fri, 10/23/2015 - 11:46pm
Thanks. Oxy! Excellent challenge response!
As for Sleepy town ...
I forgot that I wanted to change the word, "admired" to :worshipped" ... Oh well. ;-)
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 12:05am
Leave it be.
I dug a well deep
well, I can dig deeply if
I really want to.
by Oxy Mora on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 12:21am
I dug a well deep
until I reached the surface.
So much in between.
by barefooted on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 1:30am
Good one!
I dug a well deep,
so deep I became unwell
be well, stay shallow
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 8:20am
Deep. Thanks Oxy!
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 8:25am
Haiku challenge ....
Red hair, a black cat,
green as the spot to slumber.
Blind relaxation.
by barefooted on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 2:00am
There was a black cat
It was a very dark knight
I didn't see it
by A Guy Called LULU on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 2:53am
Good one, Guy Called LULU!
A storm was coming,
It was a very dark night,
Hang on, Mexico!
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 8:24am
Nice one, Missy!
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 8:21am
https://xkcd.com/554/
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 11:16am
Hmm... not sure that last line has the right syllable count. ;-)
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 11:31am
Blog! - end span - end div
(exclamation is a directive, not to be transcribed)
You can also say "close span, close div"
So LISPishly:
(((Div class equals Main)
(Span ID equals Marquee))
Blog! ((end Span) (end Div)))
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 11:40am
Okay ... but let's try to keep the haikus in an actual recognizable language from here on, not some geek assisted techno-robotic double secret encoded short-hand . Jeez.
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 1:07pm
Jeez, it's HTML - only the most used written language in the world. You'd think it was Sanskrit.
And it was a cartoon -
Such low tolerance for Haikuteness.Psst - in the "you put a spell on me, baby" category:
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 2:12pm
(Sigh) Low tolerance for Haikuteness?
FYI - I built a whole website using html and it's a quaint dinosaur now because Yahoo has now stopped using the program on which I built the site. I've been trying to figure out my next move with the site, since my website design skills are ... ummm, pretty basic. So now it's kind of a relic, something from the early 2000's So many html pages ... Check it out: www.Spondyville.com
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 4:22pm
(double sigh, eyeroll, small pirouette) Okay, Mel Brooks in Haiku Anxiety?
So site fused in time thanks to Yahoo, eh? Aside from funny font spacing, doesn't seem too bad.Sadly my html skills were
honedhastily hacked together around 1995, with my last Website being based off a site design I paid $20 for and threw in some other bought graphics.Hmmm... maybe that's an option - I got 10 years out of $30.(and overall I don't think people are going there for interactive Flash or latest HTML5 - the haiku & hold-on-to-your-dreams appeals are much more compelling than glitzy design. Just my 2 cents. Though had this idea someone could update it as Skyfall / James Spondy just to keep it hip & current. How do *you* see Spondyville 2.0?)
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 6:59pm
I want bells and whistles! hahaha. Well, to tell the truth, I don't think I see it that much differently. The idea behind it has always been a town where everyone has Spondylitis so no-one ever has to feel alone in dealing with the disease. I've always liked the stories and jokes about the characters more than anything else; the history, the running gags, like the rivalry between the fraternal organizations, the Turtles and the Penquins or town handyman, Pops DeMaupassant struggling to change the clock on top of the Town Hall twice a year or the pages chronicling the globe-trotting of the town's three Snowspondy goodwill ambassadors. I guess 2.0 would just be more of the same with slightly better graphics. ;-)
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 8:08pm
searched for the bottom of your
post so I could post...
Like a child needing
to pee, I held my haiku
as long as I could
Then I did it on
The floor. Bad PP, bad pee-pee.
My haiku is humbled.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 11:07am
Oy. I may never call you PP again.
It is quite perfect
that in the end you're left with
a humble haiku.
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 11:34am
EZ 4 yooz 2's
Say - whoz gonna pay 4 mize
Ruint flyin' carpet?
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 11:45am
Haiku Headline:
Hillary endures
the Benghazi Committee
charade, takes a bath.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 11:11am
Ha! Excellent, Peracles!
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 11:29am
I am late having done other things.
But damn, I hereby render unto Peracles the Dayly Line of the Day Award for this here Dagblog Site given to all of Peracles from all of me; except let us make it the Line of the Week.
REALLY WELL DONE FROM A NON BELIEVER.
HAHHAQHAAHAHAHAH
by Richard Day on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 4:46pm
With her 'familiar'
The red-haired witch dreams fondly
Of Halloween night
(my haiku submission)
by wabby on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 5:49pm
Love it! Well done, flowerchild!!
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 8:11pm
I am sorry I missed this:
My son just showed up
And he brought me a new bed
He brings me old things
But it is all good to me
He cares about me
This is a queen bed
Although I am not a queen
hahahahha
Mama needs more room
The old bed no doubt
Had some real scary critters
Or bad memories
It is so so nice
To have such a real good friend
Who cares about me
(At least I am not caught up in Memphis Blues Again, hahhhH)
by Richard Day on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 3:11pm
A new bed, how wonderful!
Hopefully a new
bed will be what will give you
the rest of your life.
(Apologies to Sleepy's mattress store for stealing their tagline.)
by MrSmith1 on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 4:01pm
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by Richard Day on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 4:36pm
It is wonderful!
No kidding.
And now my bedroom looks like a bedroom. hahahahahah
He comes and complains how I do not clean up and...
So I cleaned up and mopped up and...he shows up.
He was happy and I was more happy.
He always worries that I am losing my mind.
He is less worried this weekend. hahahahah
It was a goooood few days.
But your works are sooooooooooo very very gooooooooood and you are receiving many hits; people read you now.
It makes me glad in my heart of hearts.
But, we must not follow each other tooooooo closely, hahahahahah
by Richard Day on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 4:30pm
I am glad you had a nice weekend. I had a good one too. Made treats with the kids. You can find us on Face book. I posted a bunch of pictures.
by trkingmomoe on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 6:42pm
The pix were cute.
Precious was dressed up like pumpkin a year ago.
.I shall receive pix soon concerning 5 days from now. hahahahahahah
Kids like this nonsense.
We need more nonsense. ha
by Richard Day on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 10:10pm
Thanks I added more pics on my time line. I will have to post them on yours.
by trkingmomoe on Thu, 10/29/2015 - 12:41am