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A Lucky Friday the 13th Afternoon at the Haikulodeon

 


 

 


Here's this week's heap of haikus:



One-year-later-kus:

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Christmas with the Condiments ... the holiday 'classic' returns ...

 

I think this is my third year posting this story here.   I wrote it many years ago and then stuck it in a drawer and forgot about it, only to find it again in 2009.  It's silly, but as it is with so many things in my life, I like it because it makes me laugh.
 

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An Early Door-Buster Black Friday Afternoon Sale at the Haikulodeon

 

 

The Haikulodeon gets the jump on all those other haiku emporiums by opening it's doors early in order to beat the Thanksgiving Weekend poetry rush ...

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America ala Carte

ocean-kat’s recent blog about secessionists, struck a chord with me and reminded me that I needed to finish writing this piece.  It is a topic which has been tumbling around in my mind for a long time.

I was on Facebook a while back, having a discussion with a friend. She is a single mother living in the UK, and doesn't like being told she must get her child vaccinated. 

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